How the West Really Lost God

In this book, Mary Eberstadt delivers a powerful new theory about the decline of religion in the Western world.

She argues that the conventional wisdom, which suggests that religious decline preceded family decline, is incorrect.

Instead, Eberstadt shows that the undermining of the family has further undermined Christianity itself.

Drawing on sociology, history, demography, theology, and other sources, she demonstrates that family decline and religious decline are intertwined, describing them as 'the double helix of society.

' The book also explores the significant social, economic, and civic costs of these declines and speculates on the potential for a religious revival in the face of economic and demographic crises.