The forgotten founders on religion and public life - Morrison, Jeffry H.; Hall, Mark David; Dreisbach, Daniel L. (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Famous founders and forgotten founders : what's the difference, and does the difference matter? / Daniel L. Dreisbach -- The way of duty : Abigail Adams and religion / Edith B. Gelles -- Samuel Adams : America's Puritan revolutionary / Gary Scott Smith -- Oliver Ellsworth's Calvinist vision of church and state in the early republic / William R. Casto -- Alexander Hamilton, theistic rationalist / Gregg L. Frazer -- Patrick Henry, religious liberty, and the search for civic virtue / Thomas E. Buckley -- John Jay and the "great plan of Providence" / Jonathan Den Hartog -- Thomas Paine's civil religion of reason / David J. Voelker -- Anglican moderation : religion and the political thought of Edmund Randolph / Kevin R. Hardwick -- Benjamin Rush and revolutionary Christian reform / Robert H. Abzug -- Roger Sherman : an old Puritan in a new nation / Mark David Hall -- Mercy Otis Warren on church and state / Rosemarie Zagarri.
Keywords: Church and state / United States / History / 18th century.; Religion and politics / United States / History / 18th century.; Founding Fathers of the United States / Religion.; United States / Religion / To 1800 / http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140499