The American BibleThe New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not One presents a provocative crash course in the great American scripturesthose texts that have both divided and defined our understanding of what it is to be American. Stephen Prothero, a go to expert on religion and media for none other than Stephen Colbert, gives readers an exciting and user friendly introduction to American cultural history in The American Bible. Highlighting

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