In the past several years, there has been renewed interest in the religious grounding of past presidents, even as debate continues today as to how much religion should influence public policy.

Michael Novak, AEI's George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy, and his daughter Jana Novak examine the religious views of George Washington in their new book Washington's God (Basic Books, 2006). They portray the first U.S. president as a leader who held fast to the conviction that America's liberty depended upon faithfulness to God's will.

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