tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889476277762418300.post-30439967954306514932007-07-26T23:01:00.000-07:002007-08-15T23:29:49.555-07:00Some historical background on John Locke, a devout Christian who proposed the separation of church and state, can be found here: <br /><br /><a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/#LocRe1To1">http://plato.stanford.edu/en<br />tries/locke/#LocRelTol</a><br /><br />Locke's <span style="font-style:italic;">Letter on Religious Toleration</span> can be read at <a href="http://www.constitution.org/jl/tolerati.htm">http://www.constitution.org/jl/tolerati.htm</a><br /><br />A very informative article on Deism and the Founders, published in the Virginia Quarterly Review, can be read online at<br /><br />http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8889476277762418300-3043996795430651493?l=thomasjeffersonspeaks.blogspot.com'/></div>Enlightened Despothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10166866431234701068noreply@blogger.com1