Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics — Religious Systems in Transition
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world — one book at a time.
This episode explores Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat as a systems-level analysis of how declining institutional authority reshaped religious belief in the United States.
By focusing on incentive structures, cultural adaptation, and media amplification, the episode explains why fragmented forms of faith persist within broader economic and political systems.
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