Question of the Week: March 25, 2015

Princeton historian Kevin Kruse describes in the New York Times op-ed piece that we feature how the business community helped create a narrative of the United States as a Christian nation as a way to fight FDR’s New Deal and the expanding powers of the federal government. Part of that effort included adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” to currency. Is it time to remove or replace these phrases? Should different phrases be used?

Our favorite answer wins a copy of Richard Dawkins An Appetite for Wonder.