Benjamin Franklin : the religious life of a founding father
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Benjamin Franklin : the religious life of a founding father
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The work Benjamin Franklin : the religious life of a founding father represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Kent District Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Benjamin Franklin : the religious life of a founding father
- Title remainder
- the religious life of a founding father
- Statement of responsibility
- Thomas S. Kidd
- Subject
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- United States -- Religion -- To 1800
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- Founding Fathers of the United States -- Religious life | History -- 18th century
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Religious life
- Biographies
- Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Biography
- Religious life
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the 'thorough' deist who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers influenced Franklin's beliefs, to be sure, but devout Christians in his life— including George Whitefield, the era's greatest evangelical preacher; his parents; and his beloved sister Jane— kept him tethered to the Calvinist creed of his Puritan upbringing. Based on rigorous research into Franklin's voluminous correspondence, essays, and almanacs, this fresh assessment of a well-known figure unpacks the contradictions and conundrums faith presented in Franklin's life." --
- Assigning source
- Publisher's description
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- Dewey number
- 973.3092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- Adult
- Intended audience source
- Brodart
- LC call number
- E302.6.F8
- LC item number
- K53 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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