Kidd completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of Notre Dame, where he worked with historian of religion George Marsden. He also earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at Clemson University in South Carolina.
His books include Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh, Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father, American Christians and Islam: Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Terrorism, and Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis.
[The Page 99 Test: American Christians and Islam]
He tagged "five excellent books that would be a great start on learning about the Revolution and American independence." One title on the list:
Pauline Maier, American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence (1997).Read about the other entries on Kidd's list.
A definitive history of the Declaration, its creation, and the way that Americans came to revere it as a quasi-sacred document.
--Marshal Zeringue
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