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More Than an Academic Debate
Prof. Steven Green argues that there's more at stake on the faith of the American founders than one might think.
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The Founders Read the Bible. But They Also Read David Hume.
Brooke Allen stresses the importance of religious skepticism and freethinking for the American founders.
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The Religious Beliefs of the Founders Don’t Always Fit in Present-Day Categories
Prof. Steven Green warns against writing the present back into the past.
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Responses to the Panel on Deism, Orthodoxy, and the American Founding
Mark David Hall replies to his interlocutors in this month's discussion.
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No Higher Source than the Consent of the People
Prof. Steven Green argues that the founders were trying to create a government based on consent, not divine institution.
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Deists, Orthodox Believers, and the American Founding
Faith played a strong role in the American founding, says Prof. Thomas Kidd. But it may not be the role we expect.
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Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land: Christianity and the Creation of the American Republic
Mark David Hall argues that the American founders were more Christian and less deist than many nowadays might realize.
Issues
The Faith of the American Founders
What were the religious beliefs of the American founding generation? What do they mean for us today?
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A Republic Needs Virtue—But What Kind?
Brooke Allen discusses religion, the Enlightenment, and the American founding.
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Reply to Magness and Rojas
Jacob T. Levy discusses intersectionality with this month's response essayists.