# Texas Matters: How Texas got religion

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Podcast: [Texas Matters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140)
Published: 2026-03-09T13:59:13+00:00
Episode link: https://www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-matters/2026-03-09/texas-matters-how-texas-got-religion
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s188/audio/2026/03/txm1428-religion.mp3
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## Resource

Millions of Texans tell pollsters religion is very important in their lives. Every Sunday hundreds of megachurches fill up and celebrate their faith – which also shapes their politics. The result , elections are won and lost based on performances of righteousness. The State Board of Education bends the nation’s textbooks to a conservative Lone Star gospel, and laws are passed based on Christian values. How did Texas become “one state under God"?

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