Alan Wolfe

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College

Alan’s books include “Does American Democracy Still Work?” and “The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Practice Our Faith.” He currently chairs a task force of the American Political Science Association on Religion and Democracy in the United States.

Debates Featuring Alan Wolfe

America is Too Damn Religious

With Jean Bethke Elshtain, William A. Galston, Susan Jacoby, Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Albert J. Raboteau, Alan Wolfe
February 07, 2007

From its founding, America has been celebrated as nation grounded in the principals of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. But skeptics question the secularism of laws and policies that mirror religious values, such as those that outlaw same-sex marriage and protect prayer in school, and the influence of traditional religious organizations in American politics. Are the ideals of a secular state being upheld in American law and policy, or is the United States just too damn…

America is Too Damn Religious

With Jean Bethke Elshtain, William A. Galston, Susan Jacoby, Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Albert J. Raboteau, Alan Wolfe
February 07, 2007

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