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April 26, 2023

Why Religion Refuses to Fade Away, and How to Keep It from Doing So

Are America’s devout condemned to becoming a beleaguered minority?

Poll after poll shows that ever fewer Americans are making religious belief and practice part of their lives. At the same time, many religious institutions continue to flourish, and faith plays a prominent role in public life. Are traditional Jews and Christians doomed to live as marginal minorities reliant on majority toleration? Patrick Deneen and Meir Soloveichik discuss this question and the present relationship between religion and politics in the U.S. more broadly. (Moderated by Jonathan Silver. Video, 109 minutes.)

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