The Confluence of Complex Ideas in American Religious Exceptionalism

The sense of American exceptionalism is deeply rooted in a religious understanding of the American founding. The idea was to create in the United States a new land, a new country chosen by God. So it's that confluence of complex ideas that we were trying to capture in the book. They're willing to do whatever it takes in order to have this particular perspective because they don't just see themselves as fighting for Christianity, they see themselves asFighting for American exceptionalism.