by
Kidd, Thomas S., author.
Call Number
973.3092 23
Publication Date
2017
Summary
"Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the "thorough" deist who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers influenced Franklin's beliefs, to be sure, but devout Christians in his life--including George Whitefield, the era's greatest evangelical preacher; his parents; and his beloved sister Jane--kept him tethered to the Calvinist creed of his Puritan upbringing. Based on rigorous research into Franklin's voluminous correspondence, essays, and almanacs, this fresh assessment of a well-known figure unpacks the contradictions and conundrums faith presented in Franklin's life." --
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Weed, Eric Arden, author.
Call Number
305.80973 23
Publication Date
2017
Summary
"This book is a theo-historical account of race in the United States. It argues that white supremacy is a religion that functions through the Protestant Christian tradition."--Provided by publisher
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