As I have mentioned before, next week we are headed to the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville.
If you are in the Charlottesville, VA area on March 18 stop by the City Council Chambers for a panel discussion on religion and the founding fathers.
Here are the details:
Founding Fathers and ReligionĀ
Fri. March 18th, 2011 – 4:00 PM
John Fea, Was America Founded as a Christian Nation: A Historical Introduction
John Ragosta, Wellspring of Liberty: How Virginia’s Religious Dissenters Helped Win the American Revolution and Secured Religious Liberty.
Location:
City Council Chambers
605 E Main St
(434)970-3113
A local Charlottesville newspaper is running a story on Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?Ā and I have just learned that the session will be taped for airing at a later date on C-SPAN Book TV. Ā (It will be broadcast on a local Charlottesville cable station).
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