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Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?

John Fea   |  July 3, 2021

I’ve had a lot to say about this topic in the past. Today, however, I am just going to offer some resources. For those inspired by Independence Day weekend to do some reading or viewing:

Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? A Historical Introduction

CNN article: “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?”

A short piece at The Montreal Review

A 2016 C-SPAN lecture at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.

I gave a similar lecture in 2012 at Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg, MD:

What the Left and the Right get wrong about this issue.

A conversation with Avett Brothers bass player Bob Crawford:

A conversation with Bob Robinson at Reintegrate podcast.

Religion News Service covered the differences between my view and the view of Eric Metaxas.

I did an interview with Randall Stephens at the blog of the now defunct Historical Society.

On the road with Christian America

It’s a bad question.

A conference at Duke:

This was a great event.

Discussing this issue with McKenzie, Noll, and Marsden at Wheaton

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