{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a96d4d77549a55dcb7eff39/6a96d4f1b6f00a73a90d0e33?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 18: New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 1","description":"<p>America is easily the most religious country among the wealthy western democracies.</p>\n<p>In almost every other nation, greater wealth and educational levels correlate with a drop-off in levels of religiosity.</p>\n<p>The USA remains a conspicuous outlier in this regard.</p>\n<p>Why?<br>\n <br>\nEpisode 18 of Before We Were White - \"New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 1\" is out now.</p>\n<p>An exploration of the curious synergy between God and Mammon in American history, from Canaan to Corporation, from Pilgrims to Pentacostalism, from Jamestown to Jonestown.</p>\n<p>Part 1 goes right back to the source, tracing the line between Bronze Age storm gods and the Medieval Catholic church.</p>","author_name":"Brian Halpin"}