(Atlantic) Shadi Hamid–America Without God: As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity has risen. Will the quest for secular redemption through politics doom the American idea?

Conflicting narratives are more likely to coexist uneasily than to resolve themselves; the threat of disintegration will always lurk nearby. On January 6, the threat became all too real when insurrectionary violence came to the Capitol. What was once in … Continue reading (Atlantic) Shadi Hamid–America Without God: As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity has risen. Will the quest for secular redemption through politics doom the American idea?