No--"In God We Trust" wasn't inscribed on our currency during the founding era. And the motto "One Nation Under God" has a more recent origin than many might suspect.

We take a fascinating journey into a little-known era of American history; a time when the government was in the business of creating an "American religion."

Interview with Andrew R. Polk, Associate Professor and Director of History Education, Middle Tennessee State University.

Show Notes

Book: Faith in Freedom: Propaganda, Presidential Politics, and the Making of an American Religion by Andrew Polk - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501759222/faith-in-freedom/

Liberty magazine article by Andrew Polk - https://www.libertymagazine.org/article/religious-propaganda-and-the-making-of-an-american-religion;