This Earthly Frame
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This Earthly Frame

The Making of American SecularismBy David SehatNarrated by George Newbern
Length10h 24m

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An award-winning scholar’s sweeping history of American secularism, from Jefferson to Trump In This Earthly Frame, David Sehat describes the making of American secularism through its most prominent proponents and most significant detractors. He shows how its foundations were laid in the US Constitution and how it fully emerged only in the twentieth century. Religious and nonreligious Jews, liberal Protestants, apocalyptic sects like the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and antireligious activists all used the courts and the constitutional language of the First Amendment to create the secular order. Then, over the past fifty years, many religious conservatives turned against that order, emphasizing their religious freedom. Avoiding both polemic and lament, Sehat offers a powerful reinterpretation of American secularism and a clear framework for understanding the religiously infused conflict of the present.

Audiobook details

GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length10 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byGeorge Newbern
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 22, 2022
LanguageEnglish

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