Dawn and bestie, Ryan Ripple, take on the easy, non-controversial subject of Protestant Christianity in America.

As your history books have told you, the earliest colonial settlers came seeking religious freedom, what few discuss is why these denominations were considered 'fringe' back in Europe. Walk with Dawn and Ryan down the holy road from the Shakers of the Revolutionary War, to the Prosperity Gospel of MAGA - and find yourself falling in love with Amish all over again.

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Book - AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY Faith, Politics, and the Shaping of a Nation by Thomas S. Kidd
• Book - THE GREAT AWAKENING: A History of the Revival of Religion in the time of Edwards and Whitefiled by Joseph Tracy
• Read more about The Dark Day from 1780
• PBS American Experience - The Amish in America
• One person's perspective from inside The Prosperity Gospel of today.

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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