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Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Part I: The Controversy

1. Introduction: The Controversy 2. Deism Defined: Shades of Meaning, Shading the Truth 3. Did Washington Avoid the Name of Jesus Christ?: Addressing a Fundamental Argument

Part II: The Historical Background of George Washington

4. Washington’s Virginia and The Anglican Mission to the Indians 5. George Washington’s Virginian Ancestors

Part III: The Life of George Washington

6. The Childhood of George Washington 7. The Christian Education of George Washington 8. The Personality of George Washington 9. George Washington the Soldier 10. George Washington on Character and Honor 11. The Sacred Fire of Liberty: Was George Washington a Godly Leader? 12. George Washington’s Family Life

Part IV: George Washington The Churchman

13. George Washington: The Parishioner 14. George Washington: The Vestryman 15. George Washington: The Low Churchman 16. George Washington and the Bible 17. The Spirituality of George Washington 18. George Washington and Prayer 19. Valley Forge: The Crucible of Washington’s “Sacred Cause”

Part V: The Debate Over George Washington and Communion

20. George Washington and Communion: Did Washington Take Communion? 21. Shadow or Substance?: Putting Professor Boller’s Evidence for Washington’s Deism on Trial 22. The Struggle for the Episcopal Church: Washington’s Non-Communication and Non-Communion in Philadelphia

Part VI: George Washington The Deist?

23. George Washington and The Enlightenment 24. George Washington and Religious Liberty: A Christian or Deist Idea? 25. George Washington, Member of the Masonic Order 26. More Objections to Washington the Christian: Slaves, Slander, Passion, and Tripoli 27. “Minds of Peculiar Structure:” George Washington Vs.Deism

Part VII: George Washington The Christian

28. George Washington’s God: Religion, Reason, and Philosophy 29. Washington and the Doctrine of Providence 30. George Washington’s Christian Worldview 31. The Gospel According to George Washington 32. George Washington and Forgiveness: A Consideration of the Historicity of Two Classic Washington Anecdotes on Forgiveness 33. George Washington’s Clergy and Their Sermons 34. George Washington on Heaven and Eternal Life 35. The Revenge of Parson Weems: Washington’s Unparalleled Praise for an Unexpected Person

Conclusion

36. Conclusion: George Washington’s Sacred Fire

Appendices

Appendix 1: The Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversion Appendix 2: Representative Biblical Quotations and Allusions Used by George Washington Appendix 3: George Washington’s Written Prayers Appendix 4: George Washington’s “Daily Sacrifice Prayers” or “The Spurious Prayers” Appendix 5: A Summary of Washington’s Most Important Sermons Appendix 6: Abiel Leonard’s Prayer Appendix 7: Sermon by the Reverend Bryan Lord Fairfax Appendix 8: The Wisdom of George Washington Appendix 9: George Washington and the Anglican Theology of Latitudinarianism Appendix 10: Tributes to Washington by his Contemporaries: His Christian Faith, Striking Appearance, and Moral Character

Endnotes Bibliography Index About The Authors

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