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The death of the living so called consitution john eidsmoe. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. The faith of our founding fathers, appears to promise an historical. The faith of our founding fathers, appears to promise an historical look at. John eidsmoe is an attorney and a professor of constitutional law and related subjects. John eidsmoe holds five degrees in law, theology, and political science. Eidsmoe s book is a highly readable and invaluable resource in a day when our founders faith is regularly denigrated as simply deism. Buy christianity and the constitution book online at low. Everyone interested in the overall design of the constitution ratified by the several states in 1788 should read this book. A constitutional attorney and lieutenant colonel in the u. In a previous article on this theme see the july 1996. John eidsmoe s dvd series, institute on the constitution.
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