Description
An examination of the religious and philosophical background of the Founding Fathers, including biographical sketches with special attention to their religious beliefs. Also studies the biblical principles found in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, then exposes several dangers to the Constitution, such as, the notion of a “living Constitution.”
Tables of Contents
Foreword by D. James Kennedy
Introduction
Part One – The Background
- Calvinism
- Puritanism
- Deism, Freemasonry and Science
- Law and Government
- A Word of Introduction
- John Witherspoon
- James Madison
- George Washington
- Alexander Hamilton
- John Jay
- Gouverneur Morris
- Benjamin Franklin
- Thomas Jefferson
- Samuel Adams
- Patrick Henry
- Roger Sherman
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
- And in Summary
- Back to Philadelphia: The Constitution is Born
- Biblical Principles Found in the Declaration and the Constitution
- Into the Third Century: Where Does the United States Go From Here?