The US founders’ other revolutionary choice: Separating religion and government ^2.1%

The Conversation - By Peter C. Mancall - 6/24/2026, 12:32 PM

Framing Effect 8.5% - Negativity Bias 5.6% - Representativeness Heuristic 3.3%

Did the founders of the United States intend to create a Christian nation? Political leaders who addressed a prayer rally on the National Mall on May 17, 2026, seem to think so: House Speaker Mike Johnson led the crowd in “rededicat(ing) the United States of America as one nation under God.” Some, and perhaps many, scholars would say no:... more