Ep. 129 - Dr. Leigh Eric Schmidt, Author of Village Atheists

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Dr. Leigh Eric Schmidt is the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics in 2011. He previously taught at Harvard and Princeton. He has appeared in and on all kinds of media to talk about his work and he’s the author of several books. His latest is Village Atheists: How America's Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation. We spoke with Leigh about whether we were ever a "Christian nation," why the "New Atheists" really aren't new at all, what we can learn from a cartoonist who lived a century ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Dr. Lee Eric Schmidt is the Edward C. Mallencrot Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St Louis.
1:07.0	He joined the John C. Danforth Center on Religion in 2011.
1:12.0	He previously taught at Harvard and Princeton. and
1:14.4	in 2011. He previously taught at Harvard and Princeton. He has appeared in and on all kinds of media to talk about his work and he's the author of several books. His latest, the reason we wanted to talk to him, is called Village Atheists,
1:25.2	how America's unbelievers made their way in a godly nation. So Lee, thank you so much for
1:31.0	joining us.
1:33.0	It's great to be with you.
1:34.3	So let me just ask the most basic question here.
1:38.0	One of the rumors we keep hearing online
1:40.6	from a lot of religious right leaders
1:42.4	is that we live in a Christian nation.
1:45.2	So what do you have to say about that idea?
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