FAITH AND THE FOUNDERS

What Did the Founding Fathers Believe?
By Gregg Easterbrook

Ben Franklin Defines His God
An excerpt from Walter Isaacson's bestselling biography

Puritans and Other Strangers

An interview with James Morone, author of "Hellfire Nation"

The Problem of the Public Woman

The story of Puritan dissident Anne Hutchinson

America's Founding Mothers

An interview with Cokie Roberts

OLD GLORY VS. GOD'S GLORY

Was the Revolution Biblically Justified?
A New Testament examination of the Founding Fathers' motives

Give Me Patriotism or Give Me Faith
Frederica Mathewes-Green finds our nation's birth inspiring, but not really relevant to our faith journeys.

Hymns for Patriots and Pioneers
Mormons need to think carefully about those tunes we sing in Sacrament Meeting
By Linda Hoffman Kimball

SPIRITUAL FOURTHS

A Declaration of Interdependence
Independence is important, but it doesn't have much to do with freedom. By Raphael Cushnir

An American Seder
Michael Lerner says July 4 should be a holy day, complete with religious rites and rituals

Tools for Independence Day Liturgies
Inspirations for your own spiritual July 4 celebration