TY  - SOUND
AU  - Kidd,Thomas S.
AU  - Perkins,Tom
TI  - Benjamin Franklin: the religious life of a founding father 
SN  - 9781681686011
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
PB  - HighBridge Audio
KW  - Franklin, Benjamin,
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Audiobooks
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Title from container; Compact discs; Narrated by Tom Perkins
N2  - "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." -- Publisher's description
ER  -