The ways in which Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, or Recep Tayyip Erdogan utilize religion as a factor in political life would not have been alien to the experiences of America's Founding Fathers.
In this talk, FPRI's Nikolas Gvosdev offers four distinct paradigms—based on Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams—for understanding the ways in which religion can intersect with politics, national identity and political leadership styles.
The Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs was established in 1996 with a gift from the late John M. Templeton, Jr., M.D., and has continued to be supported by the Templeton Family and the Psalm 103 Foundation ever since. For access to previous Templeton lectures, click here
