How much influence did the Bible have on America's founding fathers and their culture? What about religious skeptics - was their thinking affected by the Scriptures? What about the modern notion of a "wall of separation" of church and state - was this sentiment part of the Colonial mindset in the 18th century? What affect did the First Great Awakening have on our nation as it contemplated separating out from under the rule of Great Britain? Were there good grounds for the Declaration of Independence and Revolution with Great Britain? Was resistance justified? Our guest is a professor at American University in Washington, DC. He holds a doctorate from Oxford, and a Juris Doctor from University of Virginia. He writes extensively about the intersection of religion, politics and law in the American founding. Participants: Dr. Daniel Dreisbach, Dan Elmendorf