One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America

by Kevin M. Kruse

Book Overview

The provocative and authoritative history of the origins of Christian America in the New Deal era

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465049494
• ISBN13: 9780465049493
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"