Unheard Cuts with Peter Berger
The Secularization of Europe (mp3, 5:28)
Peter Berger discusses why Western Europe is currently the least religious area of the world and, in fact, the only major geographic exception to the general vitality of religious energies and practices around the globe.
The Nature of Religion in America (mp3, 2:03)
Hear Berger's analogy of America as a country of "Indians" (the world's most religious culture) ruled by "Swedes" (the world's most secular culture).