Dr. Kidd, thanks for taking the time to introduce us to your latest book God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution. What is the basic premise of God of Liberty?

There is no historical topic more debated in America today than the role of faith in the American Founding. In God of Liberty, I show that religion was everywhere in the era of the Revolution, from days of prayer and fasting called by the Continental Congress, to the chaplains who served in Washington’s army, to the political principles of religious liberty and equality by God’s common creation of humankind. Unlike in today’s political arena, public principles of faith tended to unite Americans of very different personal beliefs.
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