Religion and Revolution
Guenter Lewy
#2293 of 3,809 books · #115 in General
Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1975).
In this trenchant analysis of the moral decline of modern America, Lewy describes the moral crisis caused by secular modernity and points to the role of religiousness as a necessary bulwark against today's social ills.
- Publisher
- William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- ISBN-13
- 9780802841629
- Genre
- Topics
- Religion and societySecularismMoral decline
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1975)
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