Martin E. Marty, in Daedalus (Winter R&piOUSAmerica 1982)-1172 Commonwealth Ave., Boston,
Mass. 02134.
Over the past three decades, scholars have had difficulty deciding if America is becoming less~or more-religious. So writes Marty, a his- torian at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
During the 1950s and early '60s, sociologists believed that industrial societies, in the long run, were bound to become increasingly secular. Many discounted the religious revival evident in public opinion...