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The Invention Of Christian America - Digg (http://digg.com/2015/the-... )
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After all, it wasnâÂÂt until 1954 â over 175 years after our nationâÂÂs founding â that âÂÂunder Godâ was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Two years later, âÂÂIn God We Trustâ became the official American motto. This move toward national religiosity wasnâÂÂt, as some1àhave assumed, borne entirely out of a response to the godless Communists. KruseâÂÂs book argues that the notion of a Christian America â a country not just comprising Christians but fundamentally Christian in its structure, nature, and history â was cobbled together in the 1930s and '40s by a group of businessmen and ministers who needed each other to unite against a common enemy: FDR and the New Deal.
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