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The Faiths of the Founding Fathers is a book by historian of American religion David L. Holmes from the College of William & Mary. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9 ...
George Washington in 1772 by Charles Willson Peale. The religious views of George Washington have long been debated. While some of the other Founding Fathers of the United States, such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, were noted for writing about religion, Washington rarely discussed his religious and philosophical views.
"God in the White House: From Washington to Obama". American Experience. PBS. October 11, 2010. Holmes, David L. (May 2006). The Faiths of the Founding Fathers. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-530092-0. Steiner, Franklin (July 1995). The Religious Beliefs of Our Presidents: From Washington to F.D.R. Prometheus Books/The Freethought Library.
Some claim the Founding Fathers didn’t want a “wall of separation between church and state.” ... “In God We Trust” was coined in the early 1800s but wasn’t adopted as the nation’s ...
The Founding Fathers of the United States, often simply referred to as the Founding Fathers or the Founders, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for ...
In it, I explored the Founding Fathers’ original views about whether, or how, religion and the state should be mixed. We were having a church and state dustup then, too. Really, we’ve had this ...
[39] [40] At that time, calling a person an infidel could mean a number of things, including that they did not believe in God. It was an accusation commonly levelled at Deists, although they did believe in God. It was also directed at those thought to be harming the Christian faith in which they were raised.
Since the late 19th century, some right-wing Christians have argued that the United States of America is essentially Christian in origin. They preach American exceptionalism, oppose liberal scholars, and emphasize the Christian identity of many Founding Fathers. Critics argue that many of these Christian founders actually supported the ...