A talk by Denis Lacorne on his new book, Religion in America: A Political History. The book identifies two competing narratives in American history and national identity: a secular one, derived from the philosophy of the Enlightenment, and a religious one, rooted in the Protestant Reformation and Puritanism. It is the third volume in the publication series by Columbia University Press and IRCPL.

Denis Lacorne is director of research at Center of International Research and Studies (CERI), Sciences Po, and a specialist of political history in the U.S.

Co-sponsored by the Alliance Program, the Center for Democracy, Toleration and Religion, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life and the Maison Francaise. Partial support is provided by Cultural Services of the French Embassy.