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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph S Moore |
ISBN: | 9780190269241 0190269243 |
OCLC Number: | 952240917 |
Description: | xiv, 214 Seiten ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Presbyterian empire -- The failure to found a Christian nation -- Confronting the godless government -- Slavery and the sin of secular America -- Rejecting a Christian nation -- Afterward: Holy Scotland in the contemporary Christian America debate. |
Responsibility: | Joseph S. Moore. |
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A number of recent studies demonstrate the distinct philosophical, religious, and even political contributions of the Church of Scotland in North America from the era of the English Civil War to the disintegration of the United States in the 180s. Joseph S. Moore contributes to this scholarly moment with a fresh study of an overlooked group within the Scottish Presbyterian Atlantic world: the Covenanters. * Gideon Mailer, The Journal of Southern History * Founding Sins is impressive in its concise presentation of the Covenanters' history and their interaction with American politics. It succeeds in its goal of telling the story of "the most important religious sect in American history that no one remembers today". Moore also convincingly demonstrates how the legacy of Samuel Rutherford, as embodied by the Covenanters, is opposed to that of John Locke and Thomas Jefferson, thus falsifying at least one key claimmade about the Christian character of the American founding...Founding Sins is a helpful and important addition to a conversation that continues apace. * Steven Wedgeworth, Christ Church Lakeland, Florida, The Journal of Religion * Read more...

