American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present

by Philip S Gorski and Philip S. Gorski

Book Overview

An authoritative account of the long battle between exclusionary and inclusive versions of the American story

Was the United States founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders actually envisioned was a prophetic republic that would weave together the ethical vision of the Hebrew prophets and the Western political heritage of civic republicanism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691147671
• ISBN13: 9780691147673
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"