Hello everyone and welcome back. Our second session is the bible during the american founding era, more accessible or authoritative in the bible. It is featured prominently in political culture, saving the founderss political thoughts and rhetoric. The presentation will expand in scripture to answer fundamental political questions and form an emerging constitutional tradition. The professor and school of Public Affairs and American University here at washington dc where he earned the highest faculty award scholars teacher of the year. Religion in American Public life. His most recent book to reading Founding Fathers. I have it myself. I encourage you to get it in and enjoy. Please welcome me. Please join me in welcoming him. Thank you. It is a pleasure and a joy to be here in this magnificent facility. Inremendous resource we have the nation of the capital. It is a real joy for me to share from scholars whom ive learned a great deal over the years. I thank the team for organizing the d
18thcentury political culture. This presentation will examine the founding generations appeal to scripture to answer fundamental political questions, and to form an emerging constitutional tradition. Daniel dries deck is with american university, where he earned american universities highest faculty award. His Research Interests include constitutional law and the intersection of politics, law, and religion in American Life. Book, i encourage you to get it and enjoy it. Dreisdech. Come dr. [applause] prof. Dreisbach thank you very much. It is a real pleasure and a joy to be here today in this magnificent facility in this tremendous resource that we have here in the nations capital. Let me also say it is a real joy for me to share the platform with two scholars from whom i have learned a great deal over the years. I think kay and the team for organizing todays event. This morning, i have going to be drawing on my book, reading bible with the founding fine fathers, andng to the founding o
Since we celebrated Presidents Day recently, I thought it might be interesting to reflect on the faith of the first six men who held that office.
Most of them were believers in Jesus and were not ashamed to say so. Several of these instances are not politically correct, but they are historically accurate.