by John Henry Hopkins
originally published in 1857
paperback; 460 pages
In this extensive study of the rights and duties of the American Citizen, the author takes the common Nineteenth-century position that citizenship entails political activism because the Citizen is a "partner in the republic." Furthermore, Hopkins defends the assertion that the political institutions of the original republic were founded on a generally biblical worldview and that even though several of the founding fathers were not thoroughly consistent Christians in their private lives, they nevertheless maintained a public veneration for the basic truths and morals of the Bible and never intended to erect an atheistic or infidel political system.
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