Description |
405 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Two roads to modernity -- The European way : the necessity of atheism -- The American way I : the chosen nation (1607-1900) -- The American way II : surviving the acids of modernity (1880-2000) -- Bush, Blair, Obama, and the God Gap (2000-2008) -- God's country -- Pray, Rabbit, pray : soulcraft and the American Dream -- The God business : capitalism and the rise of religion -- Empires of the mind : God and the intellectuals -- God's empire -- Exporting America's God -- All that is holy is profaned : exporting American materialism -- God's wars -- The Bible versus the Koran : the battle of the books and the future of two faiths -- The new wars of religion -- The culture wars go global -- Learning to live with religion |
Notes |
"First published in the United States of America by The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2009." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Religion and sociology -- United States.
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Religion and sociology.
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SUBJECT |
Unitied States -- Religion
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United States -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140498
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Author |
Wooldridge, Adrian.
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ISBN |
0143116835 |
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9780143116837 |
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