Edwin S Gaustad: 4 books
by Edwin S. Gaustad
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2005
The founder of Rhode Island and of the first Baptist Church in America, an original and passionate advocate for religious freedom, a rare New England colonist who befriended Native Americans and took seriously their culture and their legal rights, Roger Williams is the forgotten giant among the first...
Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land
A History of Church and State in America
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2003
Should prayer be allowed in public schools? Should biology be taught according to Darwin or to the book of Genesis? Why is polygamy against the law? These are just a few of the questions that touch our lives directly and emerge out of the separation of church and state. In this volume, one of the...
by Edwin S. Gaustad
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2003
In this second edition, Edwin S. Gaustad traces the conflicted and often difficult relationship between religion and government throughout American history, beginning with colonists' concerns after the Revolution and continuing through the 1990s and the current debate about religion in schools. This...
The Religious History of America
The Heart of the American Story from Colonial Times to Today
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
A Dynamic Account of Religion's Central Role in American History