Was the United States founded as a Christian nation? In this episode, historian Warren Throckmorton separates popular myths from the historical record, exploring what America's founders actually believed about Christianity, religious liberty, and the relationship between church and state. Together, we examine why the founders intentionally created a government without an established religion, how religious freedom has strengthened both the church and the nation, and what faithful patriotism looks like in a country marked by both remarkable ideals and profound failures.
Warren Throckmorton is a historian, researcher, and author whose work focuses on American religious history, Christian nationalism, and the historical claims surrounding the nation's founding. His book, The Christian Past That Wasn't, carefully examines the stories Americans tell about their origins and challenges readers to distinguish historical evidence from popular mythology.
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