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Oct 27
24m 29s

The Idea of the Christian Soldier

HILLSDALE COLLEGE
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Guest: Miles Smith IV

Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith IV, associate professor of history at Hillsdale College, about the lost American idea of the Christian soldier, the questions raised by faith and warfare, and his new book, Valiant & Pious: The Idea of the Christian Soldier in America, 1776–1918.

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