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Religion in the American ExperienceAuthor: nationalmuseumofamericanreligion
Learning from scholars and every day Americans about what religion has done to America and what America has done to religion, helping all of us better comprehend and perpetuate the American experiment in self-government, including what is perhaps its greatest innovation and the essence of the American project: religious freedom as defined by the Constitutions Article VI and First Amendment religion clauses. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Religion of John and Abigail Adams
Episode 31
Friday, 16 October, 2026
Season 4, Episode 31 – The Religion of John and Abigail Adams Welcome to another episode of “Religion in the American Experience”, the podcast that equips listeners to be more effective stewards of religion’s role in the American experiment in self-government. During America’s semiquincentennial we are exploring religion’s role in the life and times of the major players in the establishment of the United States. Today’s topic: the religion of John and Abigail Adams. SHOW NOTES: Adams Papers – Digital Collection: https://www.masshist.org/publications/adams-papers/ Guest Bio Sara Georgini is an American historian, and series editor for The Papers of John Adams, at the Adams Papers Editorial Project, headquartered at the Massachusetts Historical Society. She has a PhD in history from Boston University and is the author of Household Gods: The Religious Lives of the Adams Family. Podcast Support Scholarly support provided by Lauren Turek, Associate Professor of History at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Technical audio and video assistance provided by Randall Stephens, Professor of American and British Studies at the University of Oslo. Religion in the American Experience is a podcast of the private, digital-first National Museum of American Religion, which tells the story of how religion has shaped America and how America has shaped religion. This includes the establishment of religious freedom in the United States Constitution’s Article II, Section 1 “Oath or Affirmation” clause; Article VI “no religious Test” clause; and First Amendment free exercise and non-establishment clauses.
