The Process of Church Disestablishment in America with Jonathan Den Hartog

If you love long words like antidisestablishmentarianism and are looking for a deep dive into history, then this episode is for you. Jonathan is a professor at Samford University who specializes in the founding era of American history. He joins Kevin to talk about the 50 years process by which the American states ended their church establishments. Find out how it happened, why it happened, and why it did not happen (hint: it wasn’t because secularism was winning out over Christianity). Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Sponsor 1:09 Guest: Jonathan Den Hartog 4:56 Religion and Disestablishment in the American States 13:49 Secularism or Religious Liberty? 39:39 Presbyterian Perspectives 44:58 Freed from Worldly Cares 49:04 Liberal Religion in Massachusetts 54:11 "Doing History"  Books: Disestablishment and Religious Dissent: Church-State Relations in the New American States  Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Second Coming of Christ  

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Life and Books and Everything is a podcast hosted by Kevin DeYoung where discussions center on, well, life and books and everything. As a church pastor and theology professor, Kevin loves to talk about faith, theology, history, current events, and the occasional hot topic. The format for LBE includes interviews with leading authors and thinkers, recurring conversations with Justin Taylor and Collin Hansen, and the occasional solo musing from Kevin. Listen in and we hope you will learn something, laugh a little, and get some good book recommendations along the way.