In the critically lauded Faith of the Founders, revered historian Edwin Gaustad provides a careful consideration of the developing relationship between religion and government after the American Revolution. With a focus on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams, Gaustad identifies the seven varying—and sometimes contradictory—perspectives on religion that guided the nation’s founders. Faith of the Founders: Religion and the New Nation, 1776–1826 masterfully shows how these figures possessed an intuitive understanding of religion that helped nourish a young country. Repackaged for a new generation of readers and with a new foreword by Randall Balmer, this brief but insightful book offers a look into the Founding Fathers’ genius—and points to a way forward through the ideological boundaries that threaten to upend the daily doings of American government today.
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