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Gingriches don’t dig deeply into religion in civic life | Emily Belz

Newt and Callista Gingrich (Photo by Jim Spellman/Getty Images)

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, spend an hour looking for God in American history in Citizens United's new documentary Rediscovering God in America II: Our Heritage, which examines the colonial period up to the Civil War.

They find God's name sprinkled everywhere—in Sam Adams' writings; in Abigail Adams' letters to her husband, John; in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. It's a bit scattered, kind of like the filmmakers googled the word God in all of the writings of the nation's founders. But the Gingriches, who narrate the film, don't insist that it is the Christian God who informs American heritage.

"Our purpose is not theological nor to advocate for a worldview," explained Mr. Gingrich in Rediscovering God I, which came out a year ago, adding, however, "Our nation was indeed founded under God."

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