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In God We Trust: A July 4th Conversation on the Historian’s Vocation & the Church

July 4, 2013 by David Williams 2 Comments

The assistant rector at Christ Church in Philadelphia, the Reverend James Abercrombie, once preached a vehement sermon protesting  the “unhappy tendency  of’those in elevated stations who invariably turned their backs upon the  celebration of the Lord's Supper.” Though  Abercrombie did not name  names, then President George Washington, who was in attendance that day, took the message to be aimed directly at him  and thought it “a very just reproof.” Washington's custom had long been to excuse himself from church when it … [Read more...] about In God We Trust: A July 4th Conversation on the Historian’s Vocation & the Church

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Interview, Public Intellectuals Tagged With: 4th of July, Christian America, Christian scholar, christianity, church, deism, Founding Fathers, George Washington, history, interviews, Protestant Pilgrims, vocation

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