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Now, on American History tv, look at challenges faced by catholic politicians. We will hear from a professor of notre dame about how our smith and john kennedy dealt with the issue in their president ial campaigns. Your book came out what is the premise behind . What did you learn . I wanted to look at how american ideas of freedom intersected with the catholic global tradition what i learned is there were moments of conflict and overlap. In the 19th century there was conflict over slavery. There is lots of overlap in the economy. There was overlap in the 50s on ideas about americanization. There were issues around sexuality, divorce, a lot of the cultural issues of the last 30 years. More than 90 years ago, al smith ran for president. First catholic on the ticket. Why was that significant . Al smith was an immigrant kid from new york city. He was irish. He never got beyond eighth grade. By the 1920s, he runs in 1928, catholics are pretty significant percent of the population. They fac

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