David Sehat talks to Marie Griffith, John C. Danforth Professor in the Humanities and director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, about her work and how she sees this religious and political moment.

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Music credit: End for Sure by Populous and Eric Steuer

Photo: Angel Statue, Rome, May 2013