cover image The Broken Covenant: American Civil Religion in Time of Trial

The Broken Covenant: American Civil Religion in Time of Trial

Robert N. Bellah. University of Chicago Press, $22.5 (222pp) ISBN 978-0-226-04199-5

Regardless of political or religious affiliation, most Americans share similar values, understandings and purposes; here, Bellah examines how the content of this ``civil religion'' has changed and eroded through the years. (Apr.)