June 27, 2026
Professor Timothy Snyder: The United States Was NOT Founded as a Christian 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.
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