A recent article in The New York Times Magazine, titled “How Christian Were the Founders?,” has evoked extensive discussion. So has the decision of the Texas State Board of Education to include more religious content in social studies books. That decision is what inspired the magazine article in the first place. Because of our country’s complex history and its current religious and ideological pluralism, this question has provoked great controversy. Confusion about – and misunderstanding of – the founders’ religious beliefs abound. Some assert that almost all the founders were evangelical Christians, while others insist that virtually all of them […]