The Making of the American Mind with Matthew Spalding
About this episode
Kevin interviews Matthew Spalding about the influence of Christianity on the Declaration of Independence and the founding of America.
The United States is unique in how much attention it pays to its founding, its founders, and its founding documents. Arguably, the most famous and most important thing that Americans have ever written is the Declaration of Independence. In this fascinating and illuminating conversation, Kevin talks to Matthew Spalding, of Hillsdale’s D.C. campus, about his new book The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence. In particular, they explore the theology and the Declaration and the essential role that the Christian tradition played in the founding and in the Declaration. Was America founded as a Christian nation? Listen all the way to the end to hear Dr. Spalding careful and nuanced answer to that question.
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