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General George Washington Resigning His Commission. This image is in the Public Domain, via Flickr user USCaptiol
Untraditional Christians: The Beliefs of the Founding Fathers February 20, 2022
Though the Founding Fathers were Christian, many of them held beliefs out of step with most American Christians of their time – and ours. We asked Catherine Brekus, professor of the history of religion at Harvard Divinity School, to describe the faith of the presidents in the early years of the republic. She talks about their beliefs in Deism, their stand against a religious establishment, and the limits of their willingness to extend religious freedom to all.

Catherine Brekus, Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at Harvard Divinity School