We discussed faith and our Founding Fathers on Monday's show with Prof. Jon Rowe. He mentioned a few books that he recommends and one of them caught my eye: Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America, by Steven Waldman.
Praise for the book is coming from a pretty diverse group of people -- everyone from William Bennett to George Stephanopoulis to historian Joseph Ellis. From Publishers Weekly:
The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation.” Many on the left contend that the Founders were secular or Deist and that the First Amendment was designed to boldly separate church and state throughout the land. None of these claims are true, argues Beliefnet.com editor in chief Steven Waldman.Link to Founding Faith on Amazon
With refreshing objectivity, Waldman narrates the real story of how our nation’s Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty, a revolutionary formula that promoted faith ... by leaving it alone.
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