Peter C. Mancall

Peter C. Mancall

Peter C. Mancall is the Andrew W. Mellon professor of the humanities; professor of history, anthropology and economics; and the Linda and Harlan Martens director of the University of Southern California-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute at University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. 

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"Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States," painted by Howard Chandler Christy in 1940. (Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Capitol)

The US founders' other revolutionary choice: Separating religion and government

Did the founders of the United States intend to create a Christian nation? Some, and perhaps many, scholars would say no: that while many founders were religious, as a group they concluded that the national government should not support any particular faith.

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