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Title: America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations by William J. Federer ISBN: 1-880563-09-6 Publisher: Fame Publishing Pub. Date: 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: America's true past (now missing in history books)
Comment: This book is an EXCELLENT reference book - these quotes and ideas are what this country was founded on - they are not just non-religious bits & pieces found in today's history books. Whether you agree or disagree with each statement, this is history: these are the ideas of the Founding Fathers and the ideals that the country were founded upon. You can pick up this book anytime, open to any page, and read some of the best material you can ever find.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent source of quotes on God and America
Comment: "America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations" is exactly as the title proclaims, a collection of quotations that refer to God and especially as related to America. William Federer has done an excellent job of collection these quotations, documenting his sources, and giving some background on the individuals. That does not mean that there are not some curious quirks in the book. For example, for many of the people quoted he has included a small picture of them. However, at the entry for William Henry Seward, who was Secretary of State under Lincoln, there is no picture of Seward, but one of Lincoln.
Entries are listed alphabetically by the person being quoted. Which is great if you are looking up a quote by someone in particular like Abraham Lincoln. What if you don't know who made a quote but want to look it up by subject? No problem, as the author has also included a subject index at the back of the book.
This is an excellent book and a recommended resource for those who might be looking for a particular quote from a founding father, court, state constitution, or more modern person such as Martin Luther King, Jr. However, it should be understood that it many not accurately portray the complete attitudes of our nation at any given time. If someone from another country were to read the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. and conclude from these words that the United States was a haven of peace in the 1960's with non-violence being the rule we would all be quick to point out how wrong they were. However, there are no quotes in this book from that time period that would indicate otherwise. This is true to the author's stated intent - these are quotes about "America's God and Country" and any other items are not included. To realize that a conclusion like the one about the United States during the time of Martin Luther King, Jr. is completely a farce and still race to make the same conclusion about our Founding Fathers is ludicrous. And yet, I see that as the greatest problem with this book; people will use it for the purpose of "proving" that the United States was based on a Judeo-Christian philosophy without any consideration of the social context, habits, or other writers, statesmen, or leaders of the time.
Still, I rank it a highly recommended read as the author has done an excellent job of doing just what he purposed to do with the book. Well researched, well documented, and well organized it should be in most libraries.
Rating: 3
Summary: Christian supremacy handbook
Comment: I skimmed the copy of a friend and hope to read it in more detail soon. Usually, when a book has so many extremely positive reviews, it's a polemic or simple entertainment. I was disappointed to see the content is 90% white males. Among the token blacks Frederick Douglass received 1/4 the text of James Dobson. Who struggled and overcame more hardship? Women are covered, usually as appendages of a man, with some exceptions such as Helen Keller.
Of course, this is not a collection of the complete writings of the Founders. The author picks and choses carefully to supply arguments implying we have always been and must need a theocracy of Judeo-Christianity. It is not balanced but is informative of a certain perspective - one that leaves out a significant input by women or natives or persons of color. I'd like to see an alternative equivalent - quotes against excessive religious zeal by some Founders and their contemporaries.
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Title: Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion by David Barton ISBN: 0925279579 Publisher: Wallbuilder Pr Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Christianity and the Constitution: The Faith of Our Founding Fathers by John Eidsmoe ISBN: 0801052319 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $26.99 |
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Title: Faith of Our Founding Fathers by Tim Lahaye ISBN: 0890512019 Publisher: Master Books Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Ten Commandments & Their Influence on American Law by William J. Federer ISBN: 0965355721 Publisher: Amerisearch, Inc. Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Benson J. Lossing ISBN: 0925279455 Publisher: Wallbuilder Pr Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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