Chapter 1: In the Beginning Was Variety
Chapter 2: Thomas Jefferson
Chapter 3: Benjamin Franklin
Chapter 4: James Madison
Chapter 5: John Adams
Chapter 6: George Washington
Chapter 7: John Marshall
Chapter 8: Patrick Henry
Chapter 9: Alexander Hamilton
Chapter 10: George Mason
Chapter 11: Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Chapter 12: Haym Saloman
Chapter 13: What Most People Thought
Appendix: Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Bibliography
Alf J. Mapp, Jr., has written several works on America's founding and its founders including a widely acclaimed two-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity and Thomas Jefferson: Passionate Pilgrim, both Book-of-the-Month Club featured selections. He resides in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Employing the thoughtful and graceful narrative style we have come
to expect from books by Alf Mapp, in The Faith of Our Fathers he
brings much-needed light to an issue that has confused Americans
for generations. And by disclosing the varied religious beliefs of
persons such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington,
and many others, he also demonstrates how ‘the Founding Fathers’
habitual ruminations on ethics did much to make their era the
greatest in human history. A book that is certain to make a
significant contribution to the wisdom and understanding of those
who are wise enough to read it.
*Paul C. Nagel, author of John Quincy Adams and Descent from
Glory*
Alf Mapp’s Faiths of Our Fathers explores the religions of eleven
of the Founders. We learn for the first time of the breadth and
diversity of their thoughts. Only the master historian could carry
his readers over such untraveled waters and establish connections
with the period in which we live today. A magnificent
achievement!
*Kenneth W. Thompson, Wilson Newman Professor of Government and
Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, White Burkett Miller
Center of Public Affairs*
This engaging, highly readable volume reminds us of the vital role
religion played in the creation of the Republic. Professor Mapp’s
rich biographical portraits provide useful insights into the
religious faiths that shaped the characters, values, and political
contributions of the Founding Fathers. The Faiths of the Fathers is
a welcome addition to the literature on the American Founding.
*Daniel L. Dreisbach, American University, author of Thomas
Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State*
An accessible, well-researched collection of short essays on the
Founders that is as informative as it is a delight to read. The
Faiths of Our Fathers is a much-needed corrective to many current
misconceptions about the role of faith in the lives of the
Founders. It is of high value to the student as well as the lay
reader.
*The Virginian-Pilot*
Mapp provides a highly readable overview of the religious beliefs
of the generation that declared independence and wrote the U.S.
Constitution in the 1770s and 1780s . . . good writing, careful
research, and great common sense. Recommended.
*CHOICE*
In eleven biographical essays, Professor Mapp paints rich portraits
of the lives of the most famous founders and several of the
not-so-famous founders. These engaging profiles explore how
religion informed the values, political philosophies, and public
deeds of these men. The reader gains from these portraits an
intimate acquaintance with the subjects and the times in which they
lived. The essays are lively and, at times, witty. This volume will
be of value to specialists and nonspecialist readers with general
interests in the American founding, especially in the role of
religion in forming the American Republic and its institutions.
*Journal of Church and State*
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