America's Founders on Religion

Scholars Discuss Founding Fathers and Religion

© Brian Tubbs

Feb 13, 2007

Several scholars at a Virginia Beach symposium on Ronald Reagan addressed the contentious issue of religion in politics.


What did the Founding Fathers consider to be the proper role of religion in public life? Were they Christians or Deists? What did they mean by "establishment of religion" in the First Amendment?

These questions and issues have been (and will continue to be) hotly debated.

Follow the link to see what some scholars at a recent Virginia Beach symposium had to say.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200702/CUL20070205b.html


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