C. John Sommerville (Ph.D. University of Iowa) is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Florida. He is the author of nine books, including most recently, The Decline of the Secular University (2006), How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society (1999), and The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamic of Daily Information (1996).
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Preface 1. Growing Confusion over Religion and Spirituality 2. Defining Religious and Religion 3. Why Religion and Education Challenge Each Other 4. Religion and the Law 5. Religion and Political Variety 6. Science and Reductionism 7. Sciences of Human Life 8. Religion and Theologies at Odds 9. What We Mean By Secular Index
Should become a must-read for anyone interested in debates about "religion" and religion in the United States and beyond. -Charles Mathewes, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia Religion in the National Agenda is a significant contribution to an important discussion. Christian Smith, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame His consideration of relationships between religion and science, as well as religion and the law, are thought-provoking, and his discussion of the place of religion in political life should prove helpful... Recommended. -- CHOICE