The Atlantic
Join Atlantic staff writer Jerusalem Demsas and editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg for a discussion on Demsas’s new book about the housing crisis at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C. Dorothy Fortenberry explores the impact of religion in American public life, questioning if breaches of Church-state separation indicate strength or weakness. Fortenberry delves into Eliza Griswold’s book on a collapsed Evangelical congregation, reflecting on societal challenges around religion. Brenda Wineapple’s book on the Scopes trial and other historical texts examine conflicts between religion and science. The article also discusses books on fitness history and a unique form of meditation called “rawdogging.”