The Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life » (1st Edition)

Essays include: Foreword by Mark A. Noll; an introductory essay by Daniel L. Dreisbach; Edith B. Gelles on Abigail Adams; Gary Scott Smith on Samuel Adams; William R. Casto on Oliver Ellsworth; Gregg L. Frazer on Alexander Hamilton; Thomas E. Buckley, S J., on Patrick Henry; Jonathan Den Hartog on John Jay; David J. Voelker on Thomas Paine; Kevin R. Hardwick on Edmund Randolph; Robert H. Abzug on Benjamin Rush; Mark David Hall on Roger Sherman; and Rosemarie Zagarri on Mercy Otis Warren.

Foreword Mark A. Noll ix

Preface xiii

1 Famous Founders and Forgotten Founders: What's the Difference, and Does the Difference Matter? Daniel L. Dreisbach 1

2 The Way of Duty: Abigail Adams and Religion Edith B. Gelles 26

3 Samuel Adams: America's Puritan Revolutionary Gary Scott Smith 40

4 Oliver Ellsworth's Calvinist Vision of Church and State in the Early Republic William R. Casto 65

5 Alexander Hamilton, Theistic Rationalist Gregg L. Frazer 101

6 Patrick Henry, Religious Liberty, and the Search for Civic Virtue Thomas E. Buckley, S.J. 125

7 John Jay and the "Great Plan of Providence" Jonathan Den Hartog 145

8 Thomas Paine's Civil Religion of Reason David J. Voelker 171

9 Anglican Moderation; Religion and the Political Thought of Edmund Randolph Kevin R. Hardwick 196

10 Benjamin Rush and Revolutionary Christian Reform Robert H. Abzug 220

11 Roger Sherman: An Old Puritan in a New Nation Mark David Hall 248

12 Mercy Otis Warren on Church and State Rosemarie Zagarri 278

For Further Reading 295

Contributors 304

Index 306