Religion and Politics in the United States

The Matt Townsend Show • Season 5, Episode 77, Segment 3

Mar 30, 2016 • 31m

Dr. Kenneth Wald, a distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Samuel R. "Bud" Shorstein Professor of American Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Florida. Dr. Wald shares his research with religion and politics and his book, Religion and Politics in the United States. His book analyzes many of the nation's political matters regarding religious freedom in modern America.

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