Thomas Jefferson, the author of the phrase “separation of church and state” is often regarded as the least “religious” of all of the founding fathers and characterized today as almost an anti-theist. This is primarily due to his inquisitive approach to religion and the fact that he, like many others during the revolutionary period, explored and took serious consideration of Deism. With that said, Jefferson, like so many who find themselves on a spiritual journey in life, later affirmed the commonly accepted principles of Christianity. James Hutson, professor of History and historian at the Library of Congress stated in his book, “Religion and the Founding of the American Republic,” that “The description of Jefferson’s presidency as a rebuke to Christianity is a caricature that disregards conflicting evidence that has long been accessible. It has also been undercut by the conclusions of recent scholarship that Jefferson’s views on religion underwent changes as he grew older, changes that carried him far from his apparent infatuation with secular moralism in the 1770s and 1780s.”