{"product_id":"book-dc92","title":"Did America Have a Christian Founding?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A decisive, readable and scholarly answer to the perennially debated question, “Did America Have a Christian Founding?” --- Peter A. Lillback, president, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia; president, the Providence Forum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I enjoyed Mark David Hall's calm and thorough analysis.\" - Dr. Marvin Olasky, editor in chief of \u003cem\u003eWorld\u003c\/em\u003e and author of \u003cem\u003eFighting for Liberty and Virtue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mark David Hall shows that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, the American Founding was a Christian founding--and that American religious freedom was in the first place a Christian principle.\" -Kevin R. C. Gutzman, J.D., Ph.D., author of\u003cem\u003e Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e James Madison and the Making of America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 new book, Hall expands upon this essay, making the airtight case that America's Founders were \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e deists; that they did not create a \"godless\" Constitution; that even Jefferson and Madison did not want a high wall separating church and state; that most Founders believed the government should encourage Christianity; and that they embraced a robust understanding of religious liberty for biblical and theological reasons. In addition, Hall explains why and how the Founders' views are absolutely relevant today.\u003c\/p\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","brand":"HarperCollins Christian","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49375553945904,"sku":"BDdc92","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49375553978672,"sku":"ZEdc92","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49375554011440,"sku":"ZMdc92","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49375554044208,"sku":"10dc92","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dc92-Square-cover.jpg?v=1782517003","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dc92","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}