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Protestantism in America | Richard Gamble

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December 3, 2023

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Richard Gamble, professor of history at Hillsdale College, joins the podcast to discuss the two strands of American civil religion

Lincoln’s European political influences, and how Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address changed the way that America thinks about its purpose and how it reshapes our view of the American Founding

Why the “old” conception of American Exceptionalism offers the best understanding of the American identity

How Protestantism shaped the landscape of American higher education in the colonial period and the early Republic

Texts Mentioned:

“Civil Religion in America” by Robert Bellah

The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest by Walter McDougall

“Gettysburg Gospel” by Richard Gamble

Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List

The Great Tradition edited by Richard Gamble

A Fiery Gospel: The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the Road to Righteous War by Richard Gamble

The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation by Richard Gamble

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Richard GambleHillsdale CollegeLincolns EuropeanLincolns Gettysburg AddressAmerican Founding WhyAmerican ExceptionalismHow ProtestantismRobert Bellah The Tragedy

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