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Depending on the extent to which Americans of Christian background were influenced by Deism, their religious beliefs would fall into three categories: non-Christian Deism, Christian Deism, and orthodox Christianity.
In recent decades, the role of deism in the American founding has become highly charged. Evangelical and/or “traditional” Protestants have claimed that Christianity was central to the early history of the United States and that the nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles.
The Founding Fathers' vision ranged from Jefferson's enlightened deism to Witherspoon's orthodox Christianity. This variety ensured a balanced approach to religious freedom, enshrined in the First Amendment, aiming for a secular state allowing for varied religious practice, free from religious tyranny.
Founding Fathers’ Religious Beliefs. The founding fathers held diverse religious beliefs that influenced their approach to governance: Thomas Jefferson: A deist who advocated for the separation of church and state; John Adams: A Unitarian who believed religion was vital for virtue in a republic;
Many of the founding fathers—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison and Monroe—practiced a faith called Deism. Deism is a philosophical belief in human reason as a reliable means...
The Founding Fathers were at most deists-they believed God created the world, then left it alone to run. GORDON WooD, AMERICA N HERTTAGE M A GA Z INE. The founding fathers themselves, largely deists in their orientation and sympathy. EDWIN GAUSTAD, A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF RELJGJON IN AMERJCA.
Like other Founding Fathers, Jefferson was considered a Deist, subscribing to the liberal religious strand of Deism that values reason over revelation and rejects traditional Christian doctrines...
The Founding Fathers include those who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution and other founding documents; it can also be applied to military personnel who fought in the American Revolution.
L. Holmes calls "the Deist spectrum."4 Although two of these founders were nominally Christian, all of them sought to deprive Christianity of a privileged status in political life through their criticisms of specifically Christian articles of faith. More than this, they viewed deism as the theology most consonant with reason.
The Faiths of the Founding Fathers is a book by historian of American religion David L. Holmes from the College of William & Mary.