The essays in this collection focus on eleven of the founders of the American republic and their opinions and thinking about the proper role of religion in publ

Were America's Founders Christians or deists? Conservatives and secularists have taken each position respectively, mustering evidence to insist just how tall th

A balanced and lively look at the role of religion between colonization and the 1840s.

Beyond Washington and Jefferson: Ranking the Founders. Even as Americans devour books about our Founding Fathers, the focus seldom extends past a half dozen or

Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history. Historians Matthew