How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization

by Mary Eberstadt

Book Overview

In this magisterial work, leading cultural critic Mary Eberstadt delivers an influential new theory about the decline of religion in the Western world. The conventional wisdom is that the West first experienced religious decline, followed by the decline of the family. Eberstadt turns this standard account on its head. Marshaling an impressive array of research, from fascinating historical data on family decline in pre-Revolutionary France to contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599473798
• ISBN13: 9781599473796
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"