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Episode Synopsis
Politically speaking, is America a Christian nation? Is there any country that you would define as a “Christian Nation”? In this interview, I discuss the following with my guest scholar: ►Did Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison believe that America is a Christian nation? ►Is Canada a Christian nation? ►Is Britain a Christian nation? ►What is America's 'Civil Religion'? ►What does the term 'secular' mean? It's not as simple as you think! ►Has America experienced a secular surge? ►We have the Religious Right in our politics. So, why don't have a Secular Left? ►Is it true that until about the 1970s, religion was not a partisan issue? ►Is religion in America a zero-sum game? ►Is it possible to be secular and religious at the same time? ►What does it mean that the decline of Christianity in America has stopped? 🚩About My 169th Guest Scholar:My guest is Dr. David Campbell, a professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame and the Director of the Notre Dame Democracy Initiative. His research focus is on civic and political engagement with particular attention to religion and young people.Dr. Campbell is the author or co-author of many books, including the following: Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, Seeking the Promised Land, See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People, Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics, a book that we amply discuss in this interview. 🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.comSupport: Click here and join our other supporters in thenews peeler community. Thank you.🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Scholars in Your Inbox? 169 scholars and counting! So don't miss HbN guest scholars’ weekly takes on the history behind our news.
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