Episode 19: New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 2

America is easily the most religious country among the wealthy western democracies.

Why?

Episode 19 of Before We Were White - "New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 2" is out now.

Part 2 explores the Medieval Catholic church, and how its quest for total political, economic, and spiritual power and authority led to the birth of Protestantism.