June 27, 2026
Professor Timothy Snyder: The United States Was NOT Founded as a Chrsitian Nation
In this YouTube Short, American historian Timothy Snyder — who holds the Temerty Chair in Modern European History at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto in Canada — explains that the United States was not founded as a Christian Nation.
The U.S. was not founded on Christian principles
For more on this subject, navigate to EPISODES and listen to Series 300 ("A Christian Nation?") of our podcast.
Upcoming Episodes!
Episode 304 "The Founders, Part Two" (coming July 8!): What were the personal religious beliefs of Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, George Mason, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, and what role did they see for religion in the United States? …
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