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Jul 2, 2026 49 min

From the Archives — American Scripture: The Novel

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This episode originally came out in November 2016. Guest, John Howell, and Ashley discuss The Great American Novel as it relates to nation building, Americaness, and a national civic religion. View show notes and reading list at religionish.com.

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From the Archives — American Scripture: The Novel

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Chapters

  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 1:13 Original Intro
  3. 3:14 Is there a Great American Novel
  4. 7:20 National Scripture
  5. 11:50 Narrating the Nation
  6. 21:49 Nation Building
  7. 25:57 Whose Story Gets Told
  8. 35:19 American Bible
  9. 41:02 Civil Religion
  10. 45:56 American Trilogy
  11. 46:50 Credits

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