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Americans have lost faith in traditional religion,” announces the sweeping first sentence of a contentious book published during Holy Week: “Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith ...

Didion's book is an intimate chronicle of the author's struggle to help her daughter, even if it meant digging into her own ...

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