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How Religious Were the Founding Fathers? – Gordon Wood

Historian Gordon Wood explains that Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and George Washington were not “emotionally religious.” He outlines the development of religion in the early United States, stating that as American society became more democratic, “the evangelicals took over.” —–

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