305: A Christian Nation? - The Aw...
305: A Christian Nation? - The Awakenings
The United States of Amnesia by Marshall Newman, Blake Henke, and Mike Mendenhall
E305
Jul 22, 2026
01:18:01
Episode notes

History remembers the Founding Fathers. It often forgets the revivalists.

Between the Revolution and the modern era, a series of religious awakenings swept across America, changing not only how people worshiped, but how they understood the nation itself. In this conversation, Blake guides Marshall and Mike through the Great Awakenings, tracing the origins of evangelicalism, fundamentalism, and ideas that many now assume have always been part of American Christianity.

If today's religious landscape wasn't inherited from the Founders, when was it created? And what happens when centuries of theology, politics, and national identity become tangled together?

Sometimes the most influential chapters in American history are the ones we rarely think to read.

Keywords
american history
united states founding
christian nationalism
great awakening
united states history
revivalists
rewritten history
theology
womens suffrage