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Secularization and Its Discontents: The Politics of Postsecular Religion: Mourning Secular Futures,by Ananda Abeysekara. New York: Columbia University Press,2008. Christianity,Democracy,and the Radical Ordinary: Conversations between a Radical Democrat and a Christian,by Stanley Hauerwas and Romand Coles. Eugene,OR: Cascade Books,2008. Secularisms,edited by Janet Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini. Durham,NC: Duke University Press,2009. Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11,by Andrew R. Murphy. New York: Oxford University Press,2009
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