Was America Founded as a Christian Na..., John Fea
Was America Founded as a Christian Na..., John Fea
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Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? Revised Edition

Author: John Fea

Narrator: Scott R. Pollak

Unabridged: 11 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/23/2021

Synopsis

John Fea offers a thoroughly researched, evenhanded primer on whether America was founded to be a Christian nation, as many evangelicals assert, or a secular state, as others contend. He approaches the title's question from a historical perspective, helping listeners see past the emotional rhetoric of today to the recorded facts of our past. This updated edition reports on the many issues that have arisen in recent years concerning religion's place in American society including the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage, contraception, and the Affordable Care Act, and state-level restrictions on abortion and demonstrates how they lead us to the question of whether the United States was or is a Christian nation. Fea relates the history of these and other developments, pointing to the underlying questions of national religious identity inherent in each.

About John Fea

John Fea is distinguished professor of American history at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and executive editor of Current. He is the author of several books, including Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump and Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? He writes a popular daily blog, The Way of Improvement Leads Home.

Reviews

Goodreads review by George P.

John Fea, Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? A Historical Introduction, rev. ed. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2016). Few questions in American politics generate as much controversy as the relationship between church and state. On one side are Christian nationalists who contend that......more

Goodreads review by Yibbie

It’s a very well done history book. The author does a very good job of being an impartial chronicler and avoiding the temptation to editorialize on the subject. Every once in a while that frustrated me. I wanted him to draw a conclusion, to tie it all up nice and neat, and end all the argument arou......more

Goodreads review by Joel

There are a few specific reasons I loved this book, and I absolutely think more evangelicals should read this. Here is what I loved: 1) Fea is incredibly balanced and even-handed. The one-sentence answer to the title of the book is, "Well, it's complicated." And that is certainly going to frustrate p......more

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