On Faith and Free Government [Hardcover]

Daniel C. Palm (Editor), Dan Quayle (Foreword), Samuel Davies (Contributor), Simeon Howard (Contributor), Harry V. Jaffa (Contributor), Jonathan Mayhew (Contributor), James R. Rogers (Contributor), Glen E. Thurow (Contributor), Samuel West (Contributor), Thomas G. West (Contributor), Nathaniel Whittaker (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

Responding to the general confusion in the United States about the proper role of religion in politics, five distinguished scholars demonstrate in original essays how our nation's founders carefully and clearly defined the appropriate relationship between church and state, and how we can adapt our current political institutions to reflect the founders' wisdom. Also, includes a collection of the most important statements by the Founders that address religion's role in American political life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

An excellent resource for understanding the Founders' view of the relationship between religion and liberty. (Religion And Liberty )

The book achieves its purpose. Each essay is concise-in this cas a strength-and provides a snapshot of its subject. (K. Alan Synder Christian Scholars Review Xxviii:1 Fall 1998 )

A very useful selection of documents from the revolutionary and founding periods, and a powerful reminder of the radical differences between the views on the proper relationship between religion and the public order shared by those who created our political order, and the views ascendent today. (Richard E. Morgan )

About the Author

Daniel C. Palm is professor of political science at Azusa Pacific University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 215 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847686027
• ISBN-13: 978-0847686025
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,849,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)