Professor Schama argues that one of the key elements that sustains American optimism is American religious faith.
He says that it is the belief in religious freedom - and in the right of people to choose their own faith, not have it imposed on them from birth - that underlies the American belief in self-improvement and change.
Quote from Dr. Simon Schama who is a British professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Quote taken from BBC Article - Challenges for changing America.
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