History Book Club: Religion and Politics in America - IN PERSON

Wednesday, October 267:00—8:30 PMTrustees RoomRockport Public Library17 School Street, Rockport, MA, 01966
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Religion and Politics in America. Religious impact in American political events. E.g.: Influence of fundamentalist and Catholic churches on Supreme Court decisions, Puritan Exceptionalism, justification of slavery through the Bible, Abolition Movement, treatment of Native American Christianization movement, Justification of Imperialism’s Christianization mission, Father Coughlin vs. Franklin Roosevelt, Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch Trials.

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