tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post2069192162752610183..comments2024-03-27T18:18:11.525-06:00Comments on American Creation: Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-5164649437854957122016-12-11T07:55:18.795-07:002016-12-11T07:55:18.795-07:00President George Washington was an Episcopalian. H...President George Washington was an Episcopalian. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, the American province of the Anglican Communion, which is a branch of Christianity, and which is usually classified as Protestant.<br />Washington and the family he was raised in were originally Anglicans. The Episcopal Church was not officially founded as a separate province within Anglicanism until 1789, after the American colonies proclaimed independence from Great Britain. Prior to the American Revolutionary War, the Episcopal Church was part of the Church of England, so Washington was originally a member of the Church of England.<br /><br />While he was President, Washington attended Christ Church (an Anglican/Episcopalian congregation) in Philadelphia.Stellahttp://unmedicoonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-36002030182958542962008-06-02T00:05:00.000-06:002008-06-02T00:05:00.000-06:00I think you will really like Ahlstrom's book. It ...I think you will really like Ahlstrom's book. It is a little long and is not much of a page-turner in parts, but overall it is one of the best books that I've ever read on the topic.Brad Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-89807497435141783632008-06-01T11:17:00.000-06:002008-06-01T11:17:00.000-06:00That book is definitely on my reading list. Dr. F...That book is definitely on my reading list. Dr. Frazer's PhD thesis references it quite a bit.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-59600121199658824672008-05-31T22:13:00.000-06:002008-05-31T22:13:00.000-06:00In his book, "A Religious History of the American ...In his book, "A Religious History of the American People," historian Sydney E. Ahlstrom - one of the foremost historians of religion in American history - discusses at length how Harvard became a Unitarian stronghold. What I find most interesting is the fact that this change occurred in a relatively short time period. Unitarianism - which was nothing short of a resurgence in Arian doctrine - walked hand-in-hand with the larger cultural changes brought on by the Revolution itself. Or as Ahlstrom put it, “The doctrine of the Unitarian movement continued along lines drawn by the early Arians…as was advanced through the political upheaval of the Revolution itself.”Brad Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.com