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Religion and the Revolution: Why the Founders Rejected a National Church

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Kate Carté, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along with the cover image of Dr. Carté's book "Religion and the American Revolution: An Imperial History". Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Updated: June 11, 2026 Introduction In this interview: “You could have created a Church of the United States. You could have required the president to be a member, to be a Protestant, right? They didn’t.” Watch this segment in the video below (01:01:02) Religion was everywhere in colonial America. So why didn’t the founders create […]