Send us a text Can Christian faith and scholarly inquiry coexist—and even thrive—together? In this week’s Church Potluck, we have the honor to sit down with Berry College President Sandeep Mazumder. Dr. Mazumder (Economics) shares his faith journey from a Hindu upbringing in London to embracing Christian faith in graduate school, and reflects on how that experience shapes his vision for Berry College and academia more broadly. Dr. Kathryn Heidelberger (Religion and Philosophy) explores how w...
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Send us a text Can Christian faith and scholarly inquiry coexist—and even thrive—together? In this week’s Church Potluck, we have the honor to sit down with Berry College President Sandeep Mazumder. Dr. Mazumder (Economics) shares his faith journey from a Hindu upbringing in London to embracing Christian faith in graduate school, and reflects on how that experience shapes his vision for Berry College and academia more broadly. Dr. Kathryn Heidelberger (Religion and Philosophy) explores how w...
Faith & the Founders, Part 2: The Godless Constitution Thesis
Church Potluck
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3 weeks ago
Faith & the Founders, Part 2: The Godless Constitution Thesis
Send us a text We’re back with another crossover of Church Potluck and American Angst—and it’s the middle slice of a three-part series. In Part 1, we explored evidence for a religious impulse at the founding of the United States. Today, we flip the coin and examine the “godless constitution” thesis: why the U.S. Constitution reads secular by design, how the framers imagined church–state separation, and what that meant in practice—from oath vs. affirmation options and chaplains, to presidentia...
Church Potluck
Send us a text Can Christian faith and scholarly inquiry coexist—and even thrive—together? In this week’s Church Potluck, we have the honor to sit down with Berry College President Sandeep Mazumder. Dr. Mazumder (Economics) shares his faith journey from a Hindu upbringing in London to embracing Christian faith in graduate school, and reflects on how that experience shapes his vision for Berry College and academia more broadly. Dr. Kathryn Heidelberger (Religion and Philosophy) explores how w...
