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How Christianity Shaped America's 500-Year Mission to Become a Holy Land

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Christianity is so woven into American culture, politics, and economics that we often don't even see its influence.
Historian Matthew Avery Sutton discusses his book 'Chosen Land,' arguing that Christianity has been central to American public life and politics since colonization, challenging the secular narrative of the nation's founding. He explores how the First Amendment created a 'free market for religion' that empowered Christian activists and traces this influence through key historical figures and events.

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A long-view challenge to the tidy secular story of America.

This episode treats America's church-state argument as history, not slogan. It moves from Jefferson's Danbury letter to Columbus and British colonization, arguing that the Constitution did not build a wall so much as make room for religion to compete, and for Christian activists…

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