Culture and Redemption: Religion, the Secular, and American Literature

by Tracy Fessenden

Book Overview

Many Americans wish to believe that the United States, founded in religious tolerance, has gradually and naturally established a secular public sphere that is equally tolerant of all religions--or none. Culture and Redemption suggests otherwise. Tracy Fessenden contends that the uneven separation of church and state in America, far from safeguarding an arena for democratic flourishing, has functioned instead to promote particular forms of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691049645
• ISBN13: 9780691049649
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"