Religion Under Construction

Ross Douthat discusses heresy, orthodoxy, and the institutions that make us who we are, giving insightful and thought-provoking analysis of North America's contemporary religious climate.

Ross Douthat is a regular op-ed contributor for The New York Times, a conservative Catholic, and the author of the best-selling book Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics. In 2014, he was the guest speaker for Regent College's Laing Lectures, providing cultural critique of our decadence, but also a caution against apocalyptic thinking, in a series called "Settling in to a Decadent Decline." For more from Ross Douthat, check out his blog douthat.blogs.nytimes.com or follow him on Twitter @DouthatNYT.