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One Nation Under God

How Corporate America Invented Christian America

Kevin Kruse

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English
Basic Books
03 May 2016
"We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in

One Nation Under God , historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the belief that America is fundamentally and formally Christian originated in the 1930s.

To fight the

slavery"" of FDR's New Deal, businessmen enlisted religious activists in a campaign for

freedom under God"" that culminated in the election of their ally Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. The new president revolutionized the role of religion in American politics. He inaugurated new traditions like the National Prayer Breakfast, as Congress added the phrase

under God"" to the Pledge of Allegiance and made

In God We Trust"" the country's first official motto. Church membership soon soared to an all-time high of 69 percent. Americans across the religious and political spectrum agreed that their country was

one nation under God.""Provocative and authoritative,

One Nation Under God

reveals how an unholy alliance of money, religion, and politics created a false origin story that continues to define and divide American politics to this day."

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Imprint:   Basic Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 232mm,  Width: 157mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   488g
ISBN:   9780465097418
ISBN 10:   0465097413
Pages:   384
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kevin M. Kruse is a professor of history at Princeton University and the author or coeditor of four books, including the award-winning White Flight. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Reviews for One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America

Kruse tells a big and important story about the mingling of religion and politics since the 1930s. --New York Times Book Review Fascinating. --Washington Post An important and convincing reminder that the roots of Christianity were cultivated well before the era of the religious right. --Wall Street Journal An illuminating addition to the growing field of the history of American conservatism and capitalism, as well as a vibrant study of the way cultural influence works-one that will make it impossible to take for granted the small print on the back of a dollar bill ever again.... This is what's most interesting in the story Kruse is telling: the pattern of continuity and change that links our own time with those that came before. --The Nation A deftly detailed history of Christianity's service to capitalism in the United States. --New Republic


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