Whose God in America?
…that ignorance of US religious history underpins some of the most serious problems the country currently faces. So I tuned in with considerable enthusiasm when WNET broadcast the series here in New York last week. I did okay with the opening sequence, in which the Pueblo Indians throw off religious oppression by Franciscan priests in Spanish California. I should perhaps admit upfront that I am a “practicing Catholic” of a distinct sort: my grandp…
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