Separation Anxiety: Church & State In America
From the persecution of Quakers in colonial Massachusetts, to 21st
century battles over nativity scenes in public squares, the wall
separating church and state is hardly set in stone. On this episode
of BackStory, the History Guys explore the often blurry
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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
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From the persecution of Quakers in colonial Massachusetts, to 21st
century battles over nativity scenes in public squares, the wall
separating church and state is hardly set in stone. On this episode
of BackStory, the History Guys explore the often blurry line
between church and state in America - from Congress’ attempts to
block the first Mormon Senator in the early 1900’s, to the federal
government’s imprisonment of religious pacifists who refused to
fight in the first world war.
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century battles over nativity scenes in public squares, the wall
separating church and state is hardly set in stone. On this episode
of BackStory, the History Guys explore the often blurry line
between church and state in America - from Congress’ attempts to
block the first Mormon Senator in the early 1900’s, to the federal
government’s imprisonment of religious pacifists who refused to
fight in the first world war.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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