The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders

Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life.

The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy" a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.

Author: Jacob Needleman
Publisher: Tarcherperigee
Published: 06/02/2003
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.97h x 5.97w x 1.04d
ISBN: 9781585422265
Age Range: 18-UP

About the Author
The acclaimed author of The American Soul, Why Can't We Be Good? and Money and the Meaning of Life, Jacob Needleman is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University, and former Director of the Center for the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He lives in Oakland, CA.