Religious Beliefs of the Founding Fathers

This three-book series examines how religion shaped the personal convictions and public philosophies of key American founders, revealing belief as a lived, evolving force rather than a fixed label. Through biography and close engagement with primary sources, the volumes trace faith, doubt, and intellectual influence across the lives of Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison, showing how private conscience informed public action. Together, they explore Christianity, Enlightenment thought, religious pluralism, and the struggle for liberty, offering a nuanced portrait of how religious ideas helped shape both individual lives and the American experiment itself.