{"title":"Steven Waldman","description":"Steven Waldman is co-founder, CEO, and editor in chief of Beliefnet.com, the largest faith and spirituality website. Previously, Waldman was the national editor of U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report and a national correspondent for Newsweek. His writings have also appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Slate, The Washington Monthly, National Review,  and elsewhere. He appears frequently on television and radio to discuss religion and politics. He is also the author of The Bill, a book about the creation of AmeriCorps. Waldman lives in New York with his wife, the writer Amy Cunningham, and their children, Joseph and Gordon.","products":[{"product_id":"founding-faith-how-our-founding-fathers-forged-a-radical-new-approach-to-religious-liberty-paperback","title":"Founding Faith: How Our Founding Fathers Forged a Radical New Approach to Religious Liberty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a \"Christian nation.\" Many on the left contend that the First Amendment was designed to boldly separate church and state. Neither of these claims is true, argues Beliefnet.com editor in chief Steven Waldman. With refreshing objectivity, Waldman narrates the real story of how our nation's Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFounding Faith \u003c\/i\u003evividly describes the religious development of five Founders. Benjamin Franklin melded the Puritan theology of his youth and the Enlightenment philosophy of his adulthood. John Adams's pungent views on religion stoked his revolutionary fervor and shaped his political strategy. George Washington came to view religious tolerance as a military necessity. Thomas Jefferson pursued a dramatic quest to \"rescue\" Jesus, in part by editing the Bible. Finally, it was James Madison who crafted an integrated vision of how to prevent tyranny while encouraging religious vibrancy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe spiritual custody battle over the Founding Fathers and the role of religion in America continues today. Waldman at last sets the record straight, revealing the real history of religious freedom to be dramatic, unexpected, paradoxical, and inspiring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368262205663,"sku":"9780812974744","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/d74LtS5Duk9780812974744.webp?v=1789125134"},{"product_id":"sacred-liberty-americas-long-bloody-and-ongoing-struggle-for-religious-freedom-paperback","title":"Sacred Liberty: America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSacred Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation's \"greatest invention.\" Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eFounding Faith\u003c\/em\u003e, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined amidst the brutal persecution of Catholics, Baptists, Mormons, Quakers, African slaves, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses. American leaders drove religious freedom forward--figures like James Madison, George Washington, the World War II presidents (Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower) and even George W. Bush. But the biggest heroes were the regular Americans - people like Mary Dyer, Marie Barnett and W.D. Mohammed -- who risked their lives or reputations by demanding to practice their faiths freely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the documentary \u003cem\u003eEyes on the Prize\u003c\/em\u003e captured the rich drama of the civil rights movement, \u003cem\u003eSacred Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e brings to life the remarkable story of how America became one of the few nations in world history that has religious freedom, diversity and high levels of piety at the same time. Finally, \u003cem\u003eSacred Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e provides a roadmap for how, in the face of modern threats to religious freedom, this great achievement can be preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368769552607,"sku":"9780062743152","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZosdmP6dfr9780062743152.webp?v=1789132386"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/steven-waldman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}