One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America (Unabridged)
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3.9 • 12 Ratings
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- $25.99
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Publisher Description
Conventional wisdom holds that America has been a Christian nation since the Founding Fathers. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse argues that the idea of "Christian America" is nothing more than a myth - and a relatively recent one at that.
The assumption that America was, is, and always will be a Christian nation dates back no further than the 1930s, when a coalition of businessmen and religious leaders united in opposition to FDR's New Deal. With the full support of Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, these activists - the forerunners of the Religious Right - propelled religion into the public sphere. Church membership skyrocketed; Congress added the phrase "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and made "In God We Trust" the country's official motto. For the first time, America became a thoroughly religious nation.
Provocative and authoritative, One Nation Under God reveals how the comingling of money, religion, and politics created a false origin story that continues to define and divide American politics today.
Customer Reviews
Great read and timely at that
I had heard tales of such machinations but never have they been so comprehensively expressed as this. It's a bit frustrating knowing we are so easily manipulated. Good information to have to hand when taking efforts to maintain our constitutional separation of church and state.
Can't listen!!!
I purchased but only Part 2 downloaded starting at chapter 5. How do I get part 1 or my money back???? Be warned. Since I am made to give a star I give 1 but I haven't listened at all!