Religion in American Life November 19, 2003

Is the United States as religious a country as some suggest? How distinct are faiths from one another? How significant is doctrine and ritual to our denominations or, as Alan Wolfe asks in his new book, The Transformation of American Religion, has "religion in America become so tamed and softened that it hardly serves its original function?" Alan Wolfe; Peggy Steinfels, former editor, Commonweal magazine; Michael Lind, Whitehead Senior Fellow, New American Foundation; and Juan Williams, senior correspondent, NPR, and political analyst, Fox News Channel, use this thesis to discuss the true role of religion of America. Presented by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
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