Many of you have read David McCullough, 1776 and become reacquainted with George Washington. Now a father and daughter team of scholars has written a new book on Washington's faith, Washington's God.  For an interview with them about their findings, fitting for President's Day,  see here.  A sample:

Q: How does your account most differ from other biographers or general historians?

A: Religion is not a prominent theme in most of the biographies of the past hundred years. Three points about Washington's religion are usually made: Washington was at best a lukewarm Anglican. Two, on balance, he was a Deist, not a Christian. Three, though he spoke often of Providence, he seemed to mean something like the Greek or Roman fortune or fate, not the biblical God.

We found that a careful study of the evidence overturns all of these conventions. Some, more thoroughly than others. . . .