I guess if you believe that....its nice.
Read "the Fourth Great Awakening" and you will get taste of the major ways Christianity has defined our character.
This, by the way is not a new idea. The heavy, heavy influence of Religion on American society has always been known by the academics. They just won't write on the subject as they would be ostracized by their peers.
I guess if you like guessing...thats [sic] a nice guess.