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Author examines founding Founding Fathers' views on religion [audio 8min]

In American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation Jon Meacham asks what America's founding fathers thought about religion in public life. Meacham says those on the left and the right often quote the founding fathers to serve their purposes.
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