'Strange Gods' Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion (Terry Gross, Fresh Air)

"I think very few people realize how much the separation of church and state has to do with the fact that Americans are not only more religious than a lot of other people in the world but that conversions are much more common here."
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/17/467067269/strange-gods-chronicles-the-history-of-secularism-and-conversion