Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America
By Steven Waldman, read by David Colacci
BBC Audiobooks America
Election season always spurs talk of religion and its influence. This book explores how America’s founders grappled with God and politics. You might be amazed to hear that freedom of religion wasn’t exactly at the top of everyone’s list in those early days. More revelations:
Head and Heart: American Christianities
By Gary Wills, read by Mel Foster
Tantor Media
Examines how Christianity has evolved in the U.S.
The God Delusion
By Richard Dawkins, read by the author and Lalla Ward
Tantor Media
A British scientist theorizes that believing in God is not so good for the soul (or countries).
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Kristin Kloberdanz is a former Time magazine writer.
