Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy

by Jonathan Rauch

Why the crisis of Christianity has become a crisis for democracy

What happens to American democracy if Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions on which our constitutional order depends? In this provocative book, the award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch--a lifelong atheist--reckons candidly with both the shortcomings of secularism and the corrosion of Christianity.

Thin Christianity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300273541
• ISBN13: 9780300273540
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 168 Pages