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Many Americans joined churches and synagogues during the post war era. By 1960 sixty-five percent of Americans were official communicants. The sale of Bibles and religious themed books and movies thrived. President Eisenhower encouraged Americans back to God. Congress added the phrase "under God" to Pledge of Allegiance and "in God we trust" mandatory on all currency. Many ministers would avoid condemnation, criticism, and controversy and would reassure people that their way of life was God's will. Ministers would use radio and television to gather many Americans to join churches and attend revival meetings. Then there were others who criticized those who identified the United States the only true providential society and who used faith as a place for social status. These advocates known a neo-orthodoxy argued that the gospel of good news was a way of sociability.

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