In the third symposium of AEI’s “We Hold These Truths: America at 250” initiative, scholars of American history, law, and theology consider how religion shaped the American Revolution. Many who fought for independence viewed the cause as a fundamentally spiritual struggle, one with enormous implications for religion’s future in American civil society.
Exploring the ways in which the founding generation understood religious freedom and worked to balance protections for diverse religious communities with the rights of individual conscience illuminates the commitment to liberty at the heart of the American project.
