Have you ever heard someone say that they were "spiritual," but not "religious?" Our guest in this episode, Stephen Prothero, offers a "pre-history" of this idea. According to Prothero, the move from traditional/institutional/confessional "religion" to seeker "spirituality" runs through the Eugene Exman, the religion editor at Harper Brothers from 1928-1965. Throughout his long career, Exman published Harry Emerson Fosdick, Howard Thurman, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King Jr., and others. Join us for a discussion of Prothero's recent book God the Bestseller: How One Editor Transformed American Religion a Book at a Time.
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Episode 64: Protestants and American Conservatism
Episode 63: The 1619 Project
Episode 62: Drew's Farewell
Episode 61 - Impeachment 101
Episode 60 - Springsteen's Hometown
Episode 59: Miss America's God
Episode 58: The Reverse Underground Railroad
Episode 57: Not Your Father's Military History
Episode 56: Evangelicals and Oil
Episode 55: The History of "Free Enterprise"
Episode 54: Why College?
Episode 53: When Musicians Study American History
Episode 52: History for the iPhone Generation
Episode 51: Temples of the Marketplace
Episode 50: The Religious Beliefs of the Adams Family
Episode 49: Why is America So Divided?
Episode 48: The Color of Compromise
Episode 47: Reacting to the Past
Episode 46: Elizabeth Warren and American Indian Identity
Episode 45: A City Upon a Hill
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