Was America Founded as a Secular or Christian Nation?
Topics discussed
Introduction: The enduring debate over secular vs. Christian nation
The 1793 dinner party: Trumbull, Jefferson, and Giles on religion
Thomas Paine's deism: Revolution in religion and biblical authority
Gender and secularism: Women in the freethinker movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Declaration of Sentiments and the Bible
Legal and social context: Christianity as public order in the early republic
The 1876 Centennial: Liberal secularist demands and the Paine bust
Q&A: Jefferson's Bible, Thanksgiving, and religious demographics
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