{"product_id":"did-america-have-a-christian-founding-separating-modern-myth-from-historical-truth-9781400211135","title":"Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA distinguished professor debunks the assertion that America's Founders were deists who desired the strict separation of church and state and instead shows that their political ideas were profoundly influenced by their Christian convictions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, David Mark Hall gave a lecture at the Heritage Foundation entitled \"Did America Have a Christian Founding?\" His balanced and thoughtful approach to this controversial question caused a sensation. C-SPAN televised his talk, and an essay based on it has been downloaded more than 300,000 times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Hall expands upon this essay, making the airtight case that America's Founders were \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e deists. He explains why and how the Founders' views are absolutely relevant today, showing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethat they did not create a \"godless\" Constitution;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethat even Jefferson and Madison did not want a high wall separating church and state;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethat most Founders believed the government should encourage Christianity; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethat they embraced a robust understanding of religious liberty for biblical and theological reasons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling and utterly persuasive book will convince skeptics and equip believers and conservatives to defend the idea that Christian thought was crucial to the nation's founding--and that this benefits all of us, whatever our faith (or lack of faith).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHall, Mark David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMark David Hall is the Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics and Faculty Fellow in the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox University. He is also associated faculty at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and senior fellow at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion. He has written, edited, or co-edited a dozen books on religion and politics in America and is a nationally recognized expert on the religious freedom. He writes for the online publications \u003cem\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIntercollegiate Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e and has appeared regularly on a number of radio shows, including Jerry Newcomb's \u003cem\u003eTruth in Action\u003c\/em\u003e, Tim Wildman's \u003cem\u003eToday's Issues\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eJanet Mefferd Show\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50494239801618,"sku":"9781400211135","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5cf5613c-040e-44e3-b83d-a8e72db0f06b.jpg?v=1730661827","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/did-america-have-a-christian-founding-separating-modern-myth-from-historical-truth-9781400211135","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}