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Religion in the Life, Thought, and Presidency of James Madison

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Was James Madison a Christian? Was his political thought grounded upon traditional religious faith? Did he seek—to borrow a phrase from Thomas Jefferson—to erect “a wall of separation” between church and state?

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Munoz, V.P. (2018). Religion in the Life, Thought, and Presidency of James Madison. In: Rozell, M., Whitney, G. (eds) Religion and the American Presidency. The Evolving American Presidency. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62175-3_4

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