The Christianisation of America after World War II - Professor Alec Ryrie

It was only in 1954 that the United States added the phrase ‘under God’ to the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted ‘In God We Trust’ as a national motto. Why?

This is an extract from the full-length lecture by Professor Alec Ryrie, “What Would Jesus Do? Christian Culture Wars in the Modern West”: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/what-would-jesus-do-christian-culture-wars-in-the-modern-west

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