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What does America’s relationship with God reveal about the nation itself? Author and scholar Ilan Stavans joins Book Lust host Nancy Pearl to discuss his book, "A Nation Wrestles with God: American Prophets, Philosophers, and Firebrands," an ambitious anthology exploring how generations of American writers, thinkers and artists have grappled with faith, doubt, race, politics and identity.
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