American Armageddon: Religion, Revolution and the Right

By Eric K. Ward and Ward (edited by)

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897168046
• ISBN13: 9780897168045
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Granville Island/Peanut Butter Publishing
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Breaking through the myths of our "Founding Fathers"

This book is, admittedly, a liberal work. However, it is from top scholars supported with the best scholarship. It breaks through the myths propagated by the religious right that would have us believe that our "Founding Fathers" were divinely inspired men falling just short of saints. It is impossible to speak of the "Founding Fathers" in the simplistic terms that conservatives often do as they did NOT have common beliefs. In regards to religion, they fell across the spectrum with what would ultimately develop into evangelicalism to outright deism. As men of the enlightenment, most had private if not public concerns about religion and tended to be very skeptical of religion. This book details the realities of the role religion played in the founding of the country. It is a good read and should be read by all: For the religious right it will be a hard pill to swallow, but as the title of one of the essays says, America was not founded as a "Christian Nation."