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Chosen Land

How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity
  • Matthew Avery Sutton
2026
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  • A folded paper church with American flags printed all over it.
    Book Review

    How Did American Christianity End Up Like This?

    History helps explain the particular faith that now rules our religious marketplace.
    by Michael Luo via The New Yorker
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on June 14, 2026
  • An American flag waving overtop a small rural church building.
    Book Review

    Americans Should Stop Using the Term Christian Nationalism

    Religious beliefs have driven political change for centuries. The question today is which Christian values will prevail.
    by Heath W. Carter via The Atlantic
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on March 9, 2026
  • Church steeple.
    Book Excerpt

    How Christianity Was Used By the Powerful and the Marginalized to Shape Post-Civil War America

    On the role of religion in Reconstruction.
    by Matthew Avery Sutton via Literary Hub on March 4, 2026
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