FFRF constitutional attorney Andrew Seidel dives into the debate about religion's role in America's founding, showing us why the bible itself is "Un-American." The latest edition, in paperback, includes a brand new epilogue that documents the role Christian nationalism played in fomenting the insurrection and attack on our Capitol on January 6th. “That something as specious as Christian nationalism has and continues to influence public policy is the reason The Founding Myth, written by constitutional attorney Andrew Seidel, is so important. Ten years in the making, this phenomenal and deftly argued book comes at the perfect time, laying to rest the claim that America is in any way founded on Christianity.” —The Crowded Bookcase . BY ANDREW SEIDEL STERLING, PP.; $ The first thing I’ll say about Andrew Seidel’s The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American is that it’s sad it had to be written. To many of us, the founding of the United States as a secular nation seems so basic and incontrovertible a fact it’s hard to imagine that it must be www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins.
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By Andrew L. Seidel. “I think that Christian Nationalism is the biggest threat to America today. It’s an existential threat to a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.”. I said that at the Religion News Association conference in September of to a roomful of religion reporters and alongside journalists and authors Katherine Stewart (The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism) and Jack Jenkins (American Prophets: The Religious. In The Founding Myth, Andrew Seidel puts the folklore and myths about the framework for America to the test, and clearly shows that America was not formed on Christian principles. Many different historical facts about events during the formation of our Constitution and really government are examined in detail. I was listening to CrossPolitic Studios last night and their interview with Andrew L. Seidel from the Freedom From Religion Foundation about his book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American. Seidel is an atheist, so not only must he demythologize Christianity, he must demythologize all references to religion in our nation’s founding, and that can’t be done.
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