Matthew Stewart is the author of Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic, The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World and The Management Myth: Debunking the Modern Philosophy of Business. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
A lively, powerful, and erudite refutation of the myth that the framers of our secular Constitution had any intention of founding an orthodox Christian nation. -- Susan Jacoby, author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism Splendid...imaginative but never fanciful, even at its most surprising. -- Alan Ryan, author of The Making of Modern Liberalism Brilliant... breathes fresh life into our understanding of the American Revolution. Beautifully written and lucidly argued, Nature's God...will set the agenda for serious discussion of the American Revolution's significance in world history. -- Peter S. Onuf, author of The Mind of Thomas Jefferson Impressive... refreshing. -- Barton Swaim - Wall Street Journal Eloquently argued. -- Wendy Smith - Los Angeles Times Enthralling and important... [A] pleasure to read, its often surprising conclusions supported by elegant prose. -- Buzzy Jackson - Boston Globe [A] splendidly polemical account of the philosophy of the founding fathers. -- Jonathan Ree - Prospect (UK) Impassioned, noble, and necessary. -- Brook Wilensky-Lanford - New Republic