On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding

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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: We seem to be surrounded today by people drum beaters who have wrongly interpreted the intentions of the nation's founders regarding religion. Novak decisively eradicates the false theories being pushed on our society, even by our own judicial system.

Novak superbly presents the case that the founders intent was not to eradicate religious belief, but rather to avoid divisions of religious sentiment and find common ground among the Hebrew and Christian faiths

When examining the founders, many fail to recognize what life was like under the Anglican Establishment, which the founders sought to end. While against the national establishment of a secular religion, the founder's even supported the state establishment of such.

While the first half of the book examines the intent of the founders, the second half takes a look at some of the founders often overlooked by historians for their religious views.

Overall, this book is clear and accurate. I was thoroughly impressed by the authors' research. The book reads extremely well. I only had two complaints about the book, I wished it were another thousand pages, as I absolutely did not want this book to end, and the font size was a little small, making it difficult for us old codgers.

This is a book I will keep on the bookshelf by my desk, as I am sure I will reference this magnificent work often. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone interested in learning the true intent behind the separation of church and state.