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Ross Douthat on Decadence and Dynamism

Conversations with Tyler

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Do the Arguments of Your New Book Lead You to Admire Mormonism?

Mormonism is a remarkable and admirable thing that basically every other christian church in the us should be envious of. I think there is a difficulty for mormons in that the founding of their faith ind some of the pretty obvious controversies associated with it, i have pushed them a little bit away from certain forms of intellectual and theological work. There's certainly a sort of the technical side of americanness is very much on display in mormon culture. And they combine this,. i think, in a way that does fit with some of my speculations in the book, with this strong interest in economic devel enand technological advances.

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