Vividly set in the social and political events of the age americas god is replete with the figures who made up the early american intellectual landscape from theologians such as jonathan edwards nathaniel w taylor william ellery channing and charles hodge and religiously inspired writers such as harriet beecher stowe and catherine stowe to dominant political leaders of the day like washington jefferson and lincoln the contributions of these thinkers combined with the religious . Americas god from jonathan edwards to abraham lincoln mark a noll abstract examines the emergence and then the broad effects of a singularly american synthesis of convictions that synthesis of evangelical protestant religion republican political ideology and commonsense moral reasoning came into existence during the second half of the eighteenth century and then exerted a . Americas god from jonathan edwards to abraham lincoln written by mark a noll reviewed by glenn b nesbitt systematic theology outsiders looking in on american life continue to be intrigued and baffled by the marriage of religion and politics phrases such as one nation under god and god bless america enjoy extensive usage while the religious right exerts a significant . Americas god portrays the development of american theology from jonathan edwards to abraham lincoln the great formative period that has led to so much of the current american religious landscape the story begins with the state of american religion in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries demonstrating how america