| The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding Contributor(s): Hall, David W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739106392 ISBN-13: 9780739106396 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $160.38 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: In this provocative study, David W. Hall argues that the American founders were more greatly influenced by Calvinism than contemporary scholars, and perhaps even the founders themselves, have understood. Calvinism's insistence on human rulers' tendency to err played a significant role in the founders' prescription of limited government and fed the distinctly American philosophy in which political freedom for citizens is held as the highest value. Hall's timely work countervails many scholars' doubt in the intellectual efficacy of religion by showing that religious teachings have led to such progressive ideals as American democracy and freedom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Religion | Christianity - Protestant |
| Dewey: 261.709 |
| LCCN: 2003044734 |
| Physical Information: 1.62" H x 6.28" W x 9.08" (2.37 lbs) 508 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this provocative study, David W. Hall argues that Calvinism had a greater influence on America's founders than contemporary scholars, and perhaps even the founders themselves, have understood. Calvinism's insistence that human rulers tend to err played a significant role in the founders' prescription of limited government and fed the distinctly American philosophy in which political freedom for citizens is held as the highest value. Hall's timely work countervails many scholars' doubt in the intellectual efficacy of religion by showing that religious teachings have led to such progressive ideals as American democracy and freedom. |