Eidsmoe, John,

Christianity and the constitution : the faith of our founding fathers / [print] John Eidsmoe. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Book House, (c)1995. - 473 pages ; 23 cm.



Foreword by D. James Kennedy -- Introduction -- The background. Calvinism ; Puritanism ; Deism, Freemasonry, and science ; Law and government -- Meet the founding fathers. A word of introduction ; John Witherspoon ; James Madison ; George Washington ; Alexander Hamilton ; John Jay ; Gouverneur Morris ; Benjamin Franklin ; Thomas Jefferson ; Samuel Adams ; John Adams ; Patrick Henry ; Roger Sherman ; Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ; And in summary -- The Constitution: Then and now. Back to Philadelphia: The Constitution is born ; Biblical principles found in the declaration and the Constitution ; Into the third century: Where does the United States go from here?

Eidsmoe has given us an entire arsenal of new and important evidence substantiating the Christian roots of our government.



9780801052316


United States. -- Constitution --Signers.


Church and state--History--United States--18th century.
Constitutional history.

BR520.E34.C475 1995 BR520