About this title: Brilliantly articulating an argument that links the Founding Fathers to an insightful, contemporary point of view, "American Gospel" renews readers' understanding of history, and what public religion has meant in America.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: New. 1400065550 Dust Jacket has very little shelf wear. No remainder mark. Pages are clean with no markings, no creases and no dog-ears. Hardcover. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781400065554ISBN:1400065550
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 9781400065554. Previous owners name marked out with black highlighter on front endpaper; light pencil underlining; 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 Inches; 416 pages. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 2006
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. CD6-Book has light shelf wear otherwise fine. American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781400065554ISBN:1400065550
Description: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 9781400065554. Very slight spine lean.; A bright, unread Review Copy w/publicity material included.; #AA242. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2007-03-20
ISBN-13:9780812976663ISBN:0812976665
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780812976663ISBN:0812976665
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Edition: First Issue In This Edition
Binding: Card Cover
Publisher: Random House, USA
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780812976663ISBN:0812976665
Description: Very Good. Very good. Book described: " Laudable...a full and very readable account of what the Founders were up to...(Meacham) knows that the present issue of religion and public life arouses intense passions. " 421 pages. A very clean copy. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Random House Pub Date: 1/1/2009 Binding: Paperback Pages: 400. read more
"Great insight into the founding fathers and their mixed views on religion. They were not all devout christian men nor were they agnostics or atheists, many of them grappled with questions about god much they way we still do. Wonderful defense of the middle ground in the religious debate."
"This book is quite interesting as it details how God played a role in the founding of our country. This book details how various politicians thought of God from the founding father's down to the present time. It was interesting to see how various presidents thought of God and how their opinion of God affected how they governed the country."
"American Gospel looks at the history of religion in the US focusing particularly on the country's founders. The main theme of the book reinforces the fact that the founders never intended the US to be a christian (or any other religious denomination) nation, but that religion has always played a role in public life. He also discusses the idea of a wall of separation between church and state and that it is never perhaps as clear as we might like.
Unfortunately this analysis is not a terribly deep or insightful and the book degrades into a series of presidential speeches in which biblical text is prominently featured. Meacham often misrepresents the views of freethinkers and fails to examine whether religion has anything of value to add to public discourse. Given the fact that those who used the bible to support slavery were accurately representing scripture ... I think not."
"We seem to be emerging from a tense period of intolerance of diverse points of view, finally. Mr. Meacham's book was published during the peak of the Right Wing Christian movement's incorrect assertions that America was founded as a Christian nation. Without histrionics, he quotes the Founding Fathers, who both wrote and spoke against intolerance and for the need to respect the different faiths of our fellow citizens."
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