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Rod Phillips, who teaches history at Carleton University in Ottawa, wrote a book on the history of divorce in the Western World. He explained how divorce laws have historically been influenced by religious practice, and that when early settlers colonized the US, they brought a range of divorce customs from Protestant Europe with them.
This is Rod Phillips. He teaches history at Carleton University in Ottawa and wrote a book on the history of divorce in the Western world.
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Episode: The Six-Week Cure
Rod Phillips, who teaches history at Carleton University in Ottawa, wrote a book on the history of divorce in the Western World. He explained how divorce laws have historically been influenced by religious practice, and that when early settlers colonized the US, they brought a range of divorce customs from Protestant Europe with them.
This is Rod Phillips. He teaches history at Carleton University in Ottawa and wrote a book on the history of divorce in the Western world.