For some relevant reading on this Independence Three-Day Weekend, one can hardly do better than "God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution". At a time when both American history and religion are hotly contested territory -- caught between purported dichotomies of holiness and nihilism, theocracy and secularism, provincialism and pluralism -- a bit of perspective, fact-checking and a brief immersion into the genesis of an independent America is in order.
"God of Liberty" dispels the false dilemmas by showing that America has always been religious -- and also religiously diverse. The historical narrative suggests that it's this special combination to which the United States owes its existence, and this that made the American Revolution so revolutionary. MORE by Anil Mundra @ HuffPost
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