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Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State (udgave 2009)

af Tara Ross (Forfatter), Joseph C. Smith Jr. (Redaktør)

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Ross and Smith combine a study of Washington's thought with a copious appendix containing the full texts of his letters, speeches, and official documents on issues of church and state. They present his views chronologically, devoting a chapter to each stage of his career. An epilogue explains how Jefferson's separationist perspective achieved its disproportional influence on the modern Supreme Court.… (mere)
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Titel:Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State
Forfattere:Tara Ross (Forfatter)
Andre forfattere:Joseph C. Smith Jr. (Redaktør)
Info:Colonial Press L.P. (2009), 344 pages
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Thomas Jefferson's opinion that the First Amendment erected an unbreachable wall between religion and government has triumphed so thoroughly that few Americans realize that other Founding Fathers held different views. The most notable of those forgotten dissenters was our first President. George Washington firmly opposed preferential treatment for any religious denomination, but he was equally firm in his belief that faith in divine Providence was essential to any free and humane polity.

About half of this book analyzes what Washington said and wrote about religion, starting from his youth and continuing through his leadership in the War for Independence and his subsequent years in the nation's highest office. The second half quotes extensively from his writings.

Because Washington was so lionized by his contemporaries, the modern tendency is to "cut him down to size". Under God demonstrates, if nothing else, how serious a mistake that is. Our American pater patriae was a clear thinker and compelling writer. It is doubtless too late to substitute his vision for Jefferson's, but we would do well to consider it and to be aware that our country's foundations do not rest on simple secularism. ( )
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Ross and Smith combine a study of Washington's thought with a copious appendix containing the full texts of his letters, speeches, and official documents on issues of church and state. They present his views chronologically, devoting a chapter to each stage of his career. An epilogue explains how Jefferson's separationist perspective achieved its disproportional influence on the modern Supreme Court.

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