5.40 Ryan Helfenbein • Reading • “Retrieving The Christianity of America's Founding"

<p><strong>ABOUT THE EPISODE</strong></p><p>Americans have grown increasingly unfamiliar with their own founding documents, and as a result, our country has grown increasingly less Christian. What is the path forward?</p><p><strong>Resources to Click</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://christoverall.com/article/longform/providence-protestantism-and-the-classroom-the-christianity-of-americas-founding-and-only-future/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Providence, Protestantism, and the Classroom: The Christianity of America’s Founding and Only Future”</a> – Ryan Helfenbein</li><li><a href="https://prri.org/research/competing-visions-of-america-politics-religion-and-american-identity/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Competing Visions of America at 250: Politics, Religion, and American Identity”</a> – PRRI</li><li><a href="https://prri.org/research/mapping-christian-nationalism-across-the-50-states-insights-from-prris-2025-american-values-atlas/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Mapping Christian Nationalism Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2025 American Values Atlas”</a> – PRRI</li><li><a href="https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?documentid=2885" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Speaker Johnson Leads Nation in Prayer of Rededication”</a> – Mike Johnson</li><li><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/ms-nows-katy-tur-forgets-the-declaration-of-independences-most-famous-line-in-botched-hit-on-mike-johnson/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“MS NOW’s Katy Tur Forgets the Declaration of Independence’s Most Famous Line in Botched Hit on Mike Johnson”</a> – Isaac Schorr</li><li><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/james-carville-christian-nationalists-speaker-mike-johnson-bigger-threat-than-al-qaeda" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“‘Christian Nationalists’ like Speaker Mike Johnson are a bigger threat than al-Qaeda”</a> – James Carville</li><li><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/james-carville-dire-warning-about-mike-johnson-1848991" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Political Strategist’s Dire Warning About Mike Johnson”</a> – Rachel Dobkin</li><li><a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/23/sorry-politico-you-dont-get-to-rewrite-the-declaration-of-independence/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Sorry, Politico: You Don’t Get to Rewrite the Declaration of Independence”</a> – Rachel Del Guidice</li><li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/29/the-right-way-to-cover-the-intersection-of-religion-and-politics-00144261" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“The Right Way to Cover the Intersection of Religion and Politics”</a> – Heidi Przybyla</li><li><a href="https://cardinalpine.com/news/video/north-carolina-pastor-rejects-christian-nation-claims-from-gop-legislators/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“North Carolina pastor rejects ‘Christian nation’ claims from GOP legislators”</a> – Cardinal &amp; Pine Staff</li><li><a href="https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/discourse-concerning-unlimited-submission-and-non-resistance-to-the-higher-powers/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers”</a> – Jonathan Mayhew</li><li><a href="https://davekopel.org/Religion/Jonathan-Mayhew.htm" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“The Catechism of the Revolution”</a> – David Kopel</li><li><a href="https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/samuel-davies" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Samuel Davies: Apostle of Dissent”</a> – R. Isabela Morales</li><li><a href="https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/past-projects/quotes/article/by-the-all-powerful-dispensations-of-providence-i-have-been-protected-beyond-all-human-probability-and-expectation-for-i-had-four-bullets-through-my-coat-and-two-horses-shot-under-me-yet-escaped-unhurt-altho-death-was-