Religion in American History and Politics
Selected and introduced by Sarah A. Morgan Smith
This volume draws together twenty-five primary documents through which readers may trace central themes in the long, complex story of religion and politics in American history. It is the first in a series聽of primary document collections intended to capture the depth and rich variety of American religious experiences and the ways in which such experiences relate to other social and political developments. The volumes, we hope, will open new pathways for investigating the course of American history in the conviction that as we learn to better understand the past, we are better equipped to face and shape our civic future.
Along with other projects of the Religion in American History and Politics program of the 澳门六合彩开奖直播, this first publication aims to illuminate not only the influence of religion on American politics and history, but also the influence of America on the religious convictions and practices of her citizens.
Documents听滨苍肠濒耻诲别:
- Laws, Rights, and Liberties Related to Religion in Early聽America (1610-1682)
- George Washington, Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of聽Newport, Rhode Island (1790)
- John Quincy Adams, An Address鈥elebrating the聽Declaration of Independence (1821)
- Abraham Lincoln, The Temperance Address (1842)
- Benjamin Morgan Palmer, 鈥淏aconianism and the Bible鈥澛�(1852)
- Henry Ward Beecher, 鈥淭he Moral Theory of Civil Liberty鈥澛�(1869)
- E.L. Youmans, 鈥淗erbert Spencer and the Doctrine of聽Evolution鈥� (1874)
- A.C. Dixon, 鈥淭he Bible at the Center of the Modern聽University鈥� (1920)
- Martin Luther King, 鈥淐an a Christian Be a Communist?鈥澛�(1962)
- Barack Obama, Address at Cairo University (2009)