{"product_id":"it-s-dangerous-to-believe-book-mary-eberstadt-9780062454010","title":"It's Dangerous To Believe","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary Eberstadt, \"one of the most acute and creative social observers of our time,\" (Francis Fukuyama) shines a much-needed spotlight on a disturbing trend in American society: a growing threat to religious liberty and discrimination against traditional religious belief and believers, who are being aggressively pushed out of public life by the concerted efforts of militant secularists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIt's Dangerous to Believe\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Eberstadt documents how people of faith--especially Christians who adhere to traditional religious beliefs--face widespread discrimination and what she calls the new intolerance in today's increasingly secular society. Eberstadt details how recent laws, court decisions, and intimidation on campuses and elsewhere threaten believers who fear losing their jobs, their communities, and their basic freedoms solely because of their convictions. They fear that their religious universities and colleges will capitulate to aggressive secularist demands. They fear that they and their families will be ostracized or will have to lose their religion because of mounting social and financial penalties for believing. They fear they won't be able to maintain charitable operations that help the sick and feed the hungry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs this what we want for our country?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious freedom is a fundamental right, enshrined in the First Amendment. With \u003ci\u003eIt's Dangerous to Believe\u003c\/i\u003e Eberstadt calls attention to this growing bigotry and seeks to open the minds of secular liberals whose otherwise good intentions in the modern culture wars are transforming them into modern inquisitors. Not until these progressives live up to their own standards of tolerance and diversity, she reminds us, can we build the inclusive society America was meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis essential book on the First Amendment and its place in our secular society reveals the forces threatening our first liberty:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Anatomy of a Witch Hunt:\u003c\/b\u003e Eberstadt documents the alarming rise of a new secularist inquisition that punishes people of faith for their traditional beliefs on campus, in the workplace, and in public life.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFirst Amendment Under Fire:\u003c\/b\u003e An unflinching look at how recent laws and court decisions are eroding America's first liberty, creating a climate of fear for believers who simply wish to live by their convictions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Cost to Christian Charity:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover how ideological lawsuits and political pressure threaten to shut down faith-based services for the sick, the hungry, and the poor.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Challenge to Liberal Tolerance:\u003c\/b\u003e A powerful call for progressives to live up to their own standards of diversity and inclusion before well-intentioned activism permanently damages the fabric of a free society.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50318793769233,"sku":"CIN0062454013G","price":4.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343205011729,"sku":"CIN0062454013A","price":4.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52102678053137,"sku":"CIN0062454013VG","price":4.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062454013.jpg?v=1750810927","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/it-s-dangerous-to-believe-book-mary-eberstadt-9780062454010","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}