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  • Independence Hall

    The History of an American Icon

    by D.G. Hart ...
    Series series American Places
    “Hart's writing is brisk and smooth . . . [and] entertaining episodes fill the book.”—First ThingsThe surprising story of how an ordinary building became—finally—a chief symbol of the American Founding and its political ideals.Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, is today a beloved American shrine and an international symbol of political liberty. Yet ... Read more

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  • Protestants and Patriots

    Presbyterians in the Age of Revolution

    by D. G. Hart ...
    D. G. Hart chronicles the transatlantic history of Presbyterianism as a political movement from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, tracing its evolution into a modern, liberal religion.Historians have often described Presbyterianism as a political orientation that leads to rebellion and revolution. D. G. Hart interrogates this assumption, presenting instead a complex narrative of ... Read more

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  • Damning Words

    The Life and Religious Times of H. L. Mencken

    by D. G. Hart ...
    Recounts a famously outspoken agnostic's surprising relationship with ChristianityH. L. Mencken (1880–1956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author—and a famous American agnostic. From his role in the Scopes Trial to his advocacy of science and reason in public life, Mencken is generally regarded as one of the fiercest critics of Christianity in his day.In this biography D. G. Hart ... Read more

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  • Benjamin Franklin

    Cultural Protestant

    by D. G. Hart ...
    Series series Spiritual Lives
    Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called "providence"), Franklin became one of Philadelphia's most prominent leaders, a world recognized scientist, and the United States' leading diplomat during the War for Independence. Along the way, Franklin embodied the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • American Catholic

    The Politics of Faith During the Cold War

    by D. G. Hart ...
    Series series Religion and American Public Life
    American Catholic places the rise of the United States' political conservatism in the context of ferment within the Roman Catholic Church. How did Roman Catholics shift from being perceived as un-American to emerging as the most vocal defenders of the United States as the standard bearer in world history for political liberty and economic prosperity? D. G. Hart charts the development of the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Lost Soul of American Protestantism

    by D. G. Hart ...
    Series series American Intellectual Culture
    In The Lost Soul of American Protestantism, D. G. Hart examines the historical origins of the idea that faith must be socially useful in order to be valuable. Through specific episodes in Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed history, Hart presents a neglected form of Protestantism—confessionalism—as an alternative to prevailing religious theory. He explains that, unlike evangelical and mainline ... Read more

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  • On Being Reformed

    Debates over a Theological Identity

    Series series History (R0)
    This book provides a focus for future discussion in one of the most important debates within historical theology within the protestant tradition - the debate about the definition of a category of analysis that operates over five centuries of religious faith and practice and in a globalising religion. In March 2009, TIME magazine listed ‘the new Calvinism’ as being among the ‘ten ideas shaping the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Still Protesting

    Why the Reformation Matters

    by D. G. Hart ...
    In this book, D. G. Hart investigates what was at stake in the sixteenth century and why Protestantism still matters. Of note is the author’s recognition that the Reformers addressed the most basic question that confronts all human beings: How can a sinner be right with and worship in good conscience a righteous God who demands sinless perfection? Protestants used to believe that this question, ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    Benjamin Franklin

    Cultural Protestant (Spiritual Lives)

    by D.G. Hart ...
    Narrated by David Cochran Heath ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 1 min

    Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called "providence"), Franklin became one of Philadelphia's most prominent leaders, a world recognized scientist, and the United States' leading diplomat during the War for Independence.Benjamin Franklin: Cultural Protestant ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Still Protesting

    Why the Reformation Still Matters

    Unabridged

    8 hours 2 min

    In this audiobook, D. G. Hart investigates what was at stake in the sixteenth century and why Protestantism still matters. Of note is the author's recognition that the Reformers addressed the most basic question that confronts all human beings: How can a sinner be right with and worship in good conscience a righteous God who demands sinless perfection? Protestants used to believe that this ... Read more

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  • The Road to Character

    by David Brooks ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success—“résumé virtues”—and our core principles.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMISTWith the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently ... Read more

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