Founders of Faith: How Religion Shaped America's Republic

Historian Mark David Hall argues that many of America’s founders were guided by Christian faith, frequently citing Scripture and invoking God in political writings and national acts such as Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving proclamation. The episode explains how religious convictions influenced the Declaration, the First Amendment, protections against religious tests, and early laws limiting slavery, and closes with a call for each generation to safeguard conscience and the nation’s faith-based foundations.