{"id":110,"date":"2008-03-17T13:16:34","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2008\/03\/faith-and-our-founding-fathers.html"},"modified":"2008-03-17T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T13:16:34","slug":"faith-and-our-founding-fathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2008\/03\/faith-and-our-founding-fathers.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith and our &#8220;Founding Fathers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/?page_id=1107&amp;group_id=857\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/sgroup_photos\/0d3cd13e2f3ef12b0039e2770147d6d7\/std_51S2Tv_A9FL._AA240__1_.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nOur own (which is to say Beliefnet&#8217;s) founder, Steven Waldman, has written a new book about our nation&#8217;s founders, <em>Founding Faith<\/em>.  In it, he discusses the faiths of the various thinkers who shaped our Constitution and debunks certain myths about those thinkers.  Think the U.S. was designed to be a &#8220;Christian Nation&#8221;?  Think most of the founders were largely secular or deists?  Think again, because the truth is far more complicated and far more interesting.<br \/>\nWhether you&#8217;ve read the book or are just interested in its subject, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/?page_id=1107&amp;group_id=857\">Founding Faith Book Club<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our own (which is to say Beliefnet&#8217;s) founder, Steven Waldman, has written a new book about our nation&#8217;s founders, Founding Faith. In it, he discusses the faiths of the various thinkers who shaped our Constitution and debunks certain myths about those thinkers. Think the U.S. was designed to be a &#8220;Christian Nation&#8221;? 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