'Can an atheist be a good American?' Religion and the New Republic is a quite helpful and scholarly presentation of various ways to answer this important historical question.

Religion & Liberty

An important and well-written collection contributing to a deeper understanding of the place of Christianity in Early American society and politics.

Garrett Ward Sheldon, The University of Virginia's College at Wise

This is a grand collection of essays on church-state relations in the early Republic-a subject which is often oversimplified or even caricatured in today's battles over educational vouchers and public prayers. The contributors, among the finest scholars in the field, fully convey the rich variety of accommodations that existed between religion and the public order in the American formative period.

Richard Morgan,, Bowdoin College

This book sheds new light on the complex religious philosophies of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and also on the complex mixture of popular religious sentiments in the early years of the American republic. It is well worth careful reading.

Harold Berman,, Emory University, School of Law

This insightful collection canvasses key issues on the massive basis of current scholarship. The contributors are leading authorities in the field of religion during the Founding period. The result is a diverse, wonderfully informed assessment of this tantalizing and vital subject, one warmly recommended alike for the scholar and for the general reader.

Ellis Sandoz,, Louisiana State University

This collection of essays provides a sophisticated, highly contextualized reading of the past that will deepen the contemporary debate over the relationship between church and state. The conclusions are both surprising and provocative.

Rosemarie Zagarri, George Mason University