The secular revolution
power, interests, and conflict in the secularization of American public life
Book • 2003
This book challenges the view that secularization in American public life was an inevitable outcome of modernization.
Instead, it argues that the decline of religious authority was a deliberate achievement by cultural and intellectual elites seeking to control social institutions.
The essays explore power struggles and ideological shifts in sectors like education, science, law, and journalism.
Instead, it argues that the decline of religious authority was a deliberate achievement by cultural and intellectual elites seeking to control social institutions.
The essays explore power struggles and ideological shifts in sectors like education, science, law, and journalism.
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James L. Nolan Jr.
Foreigners’ Views on American Secularism: Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, and G.K. Chesterton – Prof. James Nolan
Mentioned by Tim Keller as a good place to start when discussing the secularization of the legal field.
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