Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
- ISBN-10
- 143917833X
- ISBN-13
- 9781439178331
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-16
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Ross Douthat
Description
Traces the decline of Christianity in America since the 1950s, posing controversial arguments about the role of heresy in the nation's downfall while calling for a revival of traditional Christian practices.
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Other editions
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- 2007
- 64 pages
- Paperback
- University Press of America
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