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008    140425s2014    nyu      b    001 0 eng   
010      2014008791 
020    9780393064544|q(hbk.) 
020    0393064549|q(hbk.) 
035    (OCoLC)879642283 
040    DLC|erda|beng|cDLC|dIG#|dYDXCP 
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049    CKEA 
050 00 BR520|b.S836 2014 
082 00 277.3/07|223 
100 1  Stewart, Matthew,|d1963- 
245 10 Nature's God :|bthe heretical origins of the American 
       republic /|cMatthew Stewart. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c[2014] 
300    pages cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The dirty little screw of the American Revolution -- 
       Pathologies of freedom -- Epicurus's dangerous idea -- On 
       the genealogy of Nature's God -- Self-evident truths -- 
       The pursuit of happiness -- The empire of reason -- The 
       religion of freedom. 
520    "Drawing deeply on the study of European philosophy, 
       Matthew Stewart pursues a genealogy of the philosophical 
       ideas from which America's revolutionaries drew their 
       inspiration, all ... researched and documented and 
       enlivened with storytelling ... Along the way, he uncovers
       the true meanings of 'Nature's God,' 'self-evident,' and 
       many other phrases crucial to our understanding of the 
       American experiment but now widely misunderstood"--Dust 
       jacket flap. 
650  0 Founding Fathers of the United States|xViews on religion. 
650  0 Religion and state|zUnited States|xHistory|y18th century. 
650  0 Natural theology|vEarly works to 1800. 
650  0 Church and state|zUnited States. 
651  0 United States|xReligion|yTo 1800. 
994    92|bCKE