The Dark Pessimism Of American Christians

OnlineEditor@theweek.com (Michael Brendan Dougherty), The Week
Tue, 06/28/2016 - 2:38am

In her new book, It's Dangerous to Believe: Religious Freedom and Its Enemies, Mary Eberstadt finds a dark pessimism settling over many American Christians when they contemplate the future. They perceive a foreboding shift in public attitude. Once there seemed to be a broad and liberal respect for the free exercise of religion, even in public life.

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