John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic: Catholicism in American Culture

by Jeffry H. Morrison

Book Overview

Jeffry H. Morrison offers readers the first comprehensive look at the political thought and career of John Witherspoon--a Scottish Presbyterian minister and one of America's most influential and overlooked founding fathers. Witherspoon was an active member of the Continental Congress and was the only clergyman both to sign the Declaration of Independence and to ratify the federal Constitution. During his tenure as president of the College of New...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268035083
• ISBN13: 9780268035082
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"