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词条 The Faiths of the Founding Fathers
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The Faiths of the Founding Fathers is a book by historian of American religion David L. Holmes of the College of William & Mary.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Holmes approaches the topic of the religion of the founders of the United States by analyzing their public statements and correspondence, the comments left by their contemporaries, and the views, where available, of clergy who knew them.

The main thesis of the book, found on page 134, is that the U.S. Founding Fathers fell into three religious categories:

  1. the smallest group, founders who had left their Judeo-Christian heritages and become advocates of the Enlightenment religion of nature and reason called "Deism". These figures included Thomas Paine and Ethan Allen.{{page needed|date=September 2012}}
  2. the founders who remained practicing Christians. They retained a supernaturalist world view, a belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ, and an adherence to the teachings of their denomination. These founders included Patrick Henry, John Jay, and Samuel Adams.{{page needed|date=September 2012}} Holmes also finds that most of the wives and daughters of the founders fell into this category.{{page needed|date=September 2012}}
  3. the largest group consisted of founders who retained Christian loyalties and practice but were influenced by Deism. They believed in little or none of the miracles and supernaturalism inherent in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Holmes finds a spectrum of such Deistic Christians among the founders,{{Citation needed|date=September 2012}} ranging from John Adams and George Washington on the conservative right to Benjamin Franklin and James Monroe on the skeptical left.{{page needed|date=September 2012}}

See also

  • Thomas Jefferson and religion

References

1. ^{{cite journal|url=https://academic.oup.com/jcs/article-abstract/49/1/151/877148|first=Davison M.|last=Douglas|authorlink=Davison M. Douglas|title=Review of Faiths of the Founding Fathers by David L. Holmes|journal=Journal of Church and State|volume=49|issue=1|year=2007|pages=151–152|doi=10.1093/jcs/49.1.151}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/life/books/article/The-Faiths-of-the-Founding-Fathers-by-David-L-1853030.php|title=The Faiths of the Founding Fathers by David L. Holmes|date=May 14, 2006|accessdate=August 23, 2018|work=Houston Chronicle|first=James D.|last=Fairbanks}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060801123.html|title=The Founding Fathers|date=June 11, 2006|accessdate=August 23, 2018|work=The Washington Post|first=David|last=Liss}}
4. ^{{cite journal|title=Review of Faiths of the Founding Fathers by David L. Holmes|first=Iain S.|last=Maclean|journal=Religious Studies Review|volume=34|issue=3|year=2008|page=221|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2008.00308_5.x}}
5. ^{{cite journal|url=https://search.proquest.com/openview/c2eecda72975671a2856e982f6f7ea8f/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=5620|title=Review of Faiths of the Founding Fathers by David L. Holmes|first=Stephen P.|last=Shoemaker|journal=Fides et Historia|volume=39|issue=2|year=2007|pages=141–2}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/religion-founding-holmes-faiths-founding-fathers|title=Religion & the Founding: Holmes' 'The Faiths of the Founding Fathers'|date=July 11, 2014|accessdate=August 23, 2018|work=National Catholic Reporter|first=Michael Sean|last=Winters|authorlink=Michael Sean Winters}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/books/review/keeping-the-faith-at-arms-length.html|title=Keeping the Faith at Arm's Length|date=May 7, 2006|accessdate=August 23, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Alan|last=Wolfe|authorlink=Alan Wolfe}}
8. ^{{cite journal|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2006/06/08/american-religion-the-great-retreat/|title=American Religion: The Great Retreat|date=June 8, 2006|accessdate=August 23, 2018|journal=The New York Review of Books|first=Gordon S.|last=Wood|authorlink=Gordon S. Wood}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-19-530092-5|title=The Faiths of the Founding Fathers|date=February 27, 2006|accessdate=August 23, 2018|work=Publishers Weekly}}

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External links

  • {{cite book| url=http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ReligionTheology/HistoryofChristianity/American/?view=usa&ci=9780195300925 | title=The Faiths of the Founding Fathers | isbn= 978-0-19-530092-5 | first=David L. |last= Holmes | publisher= Oxford University Press | date= March 2006| accessdate= 2012-09-14}}
  • {{cite web| url= http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9437333/The-Founding-Fathers-Deism-and-Christianity | title= The Founding Fathers, Deism, and Christianity | publisher= Encyclopædia Britannica | first=David L. |last= Holmes | accessdate= 2012-09-14}}
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