Religion, Law, & Politics: How Did The Bible Influence The American Founders?
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we connect with Daniel L. Dreisbach, a professor at the American University School of Public Affairs, who teaches in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology. As an author, academic, and attorney, Daniel is a long-time student of law and politics in the American founding era.
In 2016, Daniel published Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers, a book that outlines the founders' diverse use of scripture – ranging from the literary to the theological. So how has religion influenced the US Constitution and overall history? Daniel sits down to enlighten us…
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Join the discussion now to discover:
- How the founders' faith informed early American history.
- How American legal culture and religious laws were shaped.
- What happens if we ignore the role of religion when analyzing this generation of America.
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| 1:29.8 | Finding Genius Podcast. My guest today is Daniel Driesbach. He's an author and a professor |
| 1:34.8 | in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC. And we're going to talk |
| 1:39.6 | about a book that is authored called Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers. So Daniel, |
| 1:44.5 | thank you so much for coming. Well, thanks for having me. I've been looking forward to this |
| 1:48.1 | conversation. Well, great. Tell me a bit about your background and how you got into the area of |
| 1:53.3 | study that you're focused on right now. Well, that's an interesting story. So I have for a long time |
| 2:00.6 | been a student of a law and politics in the American founding era. And by that, I'm simply |
| 2:07.6 | referring to the last third or so of the 18th century. That time and the life of the nation |
| 2:13.2 | when American colonists begin to agitate for their rights as reborn Englishmen and believing |
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