Jordan Richardson writes:The public discourse, when it comes to religion and its role in American culture, is sorely lacking voices that inhabit mansions of reason. It is extremely rare that an argument is articulated that is both considerate and credible. L. Scott Smith’s book, America Unraveling: A Politically Incorrect Analysis of Public Faith and Culture is further evidence of this scarcity.
The problem here isn’t so much that Dr. Smith is so keen to play fast-and-loose with the historical facts of the Founding Fathers when it suits him. It isn’t so much that Dr. Smith is contented to apply different historical standards to his own points than he does to those who oppose him (see his critique of Kramnick and Moore’s The Godless Constitution for evidence of how what’s good for the goose isn’t necessarily good for the gander). The problem with Dr. Smith’s book is that it is so embedded with obsessed and parochial ramblings... READ MORE
