Can Religion Save Democracy?: How More Faith--Not Less--Can Heal Our Public Life

What Secularism Got Wrong—and How Religion Can Help Set Things Right

"This book is original and profound."—David Brooks, New York Times bestselling author

"Keep religion and politics separate!" For decades, scholars and public intellectuals assumed that less religion would lead to a more peaceful and unified form of politics. The evidence suggests otherwise. As religion has receded from public life, our politics have grown more polarized, anxious, and unstable.

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