First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
ACCOMMODATING RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN AMERICA'S PUBLIC LIFE
George M. Marsden, The Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief (New York: Basic Books, 2014) (From the bookjacket: "A groundbreaking reappraisal of the debates that shaped the country's postwar history, The Twilight of the American Enlightenment reveals that both the left and the right proved unable to provide for religious diversity in public life--a failure that continues to define American culture and politics today.").