{"product_id":"9781439178331","title":"Bad Religion","description":"Author: Ross Douthat\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781439178331\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Free Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book that has sparked a vigorous national debate\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eabout the state of American religion,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003epraised by Timothy Keller as “provocative” and “compelling,” while \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e says “Douthat attacks nonsense on both the cultural right and left…responsible and fair,” and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e raves “a superb documentation of America’s crisis of faith,” now in paperback. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n AS THE YOUNGEST-EVER OP-ED COLUMNIST FOR \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Ross Douthat has emerged as one of the most provocative and influential voices of his generation. In \u003ci\u003eBad Religion \u003c\/i\u003ehe offers a masterful and forceful account of how American Christianity has lost its way—and why it threatens to take American society with it. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n In a world populated by “pray and grow rich” gospels and Christian cults of self-esteem, Ross Douthat argues that America’s problem isn’t too much religion; nor is it intolerant secularism. Rather, it’s \u003ci\u003ebad religion\u003c\/i\u003e. Conservative and liberal, political and pop cultural, traditionally religious and fashionably “spiritual”—Christianity’s place in American life has increasingly been taken over, not by atheism, but by heresy: debased versions of Christian faith that stroke our egos, indulge our follies, and encourage our worst impulses. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n In a brilliant and provocative story that moves from the 1950s to the age of Obama, Douthat explores how bad religion has crippled the country’s ability to confront our most pressing challenges and accelerated American decline.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871646208158,"sku":"HPC-9781439178331","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781439178331.jpg?v=1779617954","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781439178331","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}