The End of Secularism

This groundbreaking work unearths the failings of secularism as a social policy and proposes a more enduring and positive solution: the institutional separation of church and state.In a world divided by religious pluralism and the concerns it raises within the public square, secularism has been cited by many astheanswer. But is it todayrs"s recipe for social harmony and rationality, or a tainted brew that actually deters political and scientific efforts? According to author Hunter Baker, there is only one way to find out: by putting secularism under the microscope and carefully examining its origins, its context, its claims, and the viability of those claims.As Baker makes clear in this groundbreaking book, secularism not only fails to vindicate its various claims but fails as the "only" way to enjoy modernityrs"s fruits of religious liberty, free speech, and democracy. YetThe End of Secularismdoes more than just declare secularismrs"s demise as a useful social construct-it lays out a more positive and enduring solution that every concerned reader needs to consider: the institutional separation of church and state.

HUNTER BAKER (PhD, JD) is a Christian academic and writer specializing in religion, politics, history, and culture. The former director of public policy for the Georgia Family Council, he now serves on the political science faculty at Houston Baptist University.

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