To the young democratic resisters in Egypt, some of whom I’ve heard saying in street interviews that they admire the American Revolution, I want to say something complicating. (No, I don’t literally think they’re taking time out of changing their country and the world to follow my blog — but hey, you never know!) This: [...]
Posts Tagged ‘religion and the founders’
Thomas Paine and the Democratic Revolutionaries: Egypt 2011, America 1776
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1776, American history, Christianity, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, democracy, Egypt, evangelicals, George Washington, historiography, John Adams, religion and the founders, Thomas Paine on February 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Constitution Shmonstitution
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American history, American independence, Christianity, Christine O'Donnell, Declaration of Independence, historiography, liberals, religion and the founders, Tea Party, U.S. Constitution on November 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This is the third in a series of posts about how people from Tea Partiers to pro-choice, anti-gun liberals invoke and rely on what they call “the Constitution,” often without being able to say anything very specific about it. The first post was on the First Amendment and religious freedom; the second was on the [...]
John Adams the Yankee v. Samuel Adams the Puritan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American history, American independence, Christianity, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, evangelicals, historiography, John Adams, religion and the founders, Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine on September 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Over at American Creation, there are a couple of related posts from the always thought-provoking Jonathan Rowe on topics with great appeal for me. One is a link to an older post, on Rowe’s other site The One Best Way, about John Adams’s liberal ideas on religion; the other is on the illiberality of the [...]
George Washington, Secular Saint?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alexander Hamilton, American history, Christianity, conservatives, evangelicals, George Washington, historiography, liberals, Newburgh crisis, religion and the founders, right wing, Whiskey Rebellion on July 27, 2010 | 9 Comments »
I’m exploring American Creation, the interesting group blog I mentioned in a recent post on the evangelicalism of the 18th C. socially radical working-class, who play dramatic roles in Declaration and The Whiskey Rebellion. These American Creation (AC) bloggers have unusual backgrounds (like me) and write skeptically and knowledgeably about prickly matters that bear on today’s [...]
