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This book explores how polarized interpretations of America's past influence the present and vice versa. A focus on competing Protestant reactions to President Trump's ""Make America Great Again"" slogan evidences a fundamental divide over how America should remember historical racism, sexism, and exploitation. Additionally, these Protestants disagree over how the past influences present injustice and equality. The 2020 killing of George Floyd forced these rival histories into the open. Rowley proposes that recovering a complex view of the past, confessing the bad and embracing the good, might help Americans have a shared memory that can bridge polarization and work to secure justice and equality. An accessible and timely book, this is essential for those concerned with the vexed relationship of religion and politics in the United States, including students and scholars in the fields of Protestantism, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology.

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Matthew Rowley is Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester and research associate at the Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies, United Kingdom. Frank Block is an author turned full-time narrator who has recorded 470-plus audiobooks from his home studio nestled in the Canadian Rockies. Frank grew up in a small prairie town surrounded by colorful storytellers, which helped him develop his own unique craft of storytelling. He has also been called upon to be the public address announcer for countless hockey games over the years. Frank lives with his wife of more than thirty years in beautiful British Columbia and enjoys spending time with his three children and one grandchild.

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