The Secular City Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective

"[This book] has all the earmarks of a cause c?l?bre... Cox?s treatment of ?secularization? is unflinching."--Daniel Callahan, Commonweal "[Cox] has opened up a full-scale debate."--Betty D. Mayo, Christian Science Monitor "Offers some brilliant insights... Fascinating and provocative."--Ronald H. Wolf, Journal of Economic Issues "I can think of few books in the past forty years that so thoroughly broke down so many walls between and among the sects, denominations, and churches that mark the religiously tangled American scene."--Michael Novak, First Things "Fresh, provocative, bold."--Robert J. O?Connell, S.J., Sociological Analysis "Poses significant questions and gives challenging answers."--Fred H. Blum, Ethics