Will American Democracy Survive? Are We Good Enough to Practice the Necessary Virtues?
Season 4, Episode 402, Sep 09, 2021, 08:12 AM
Alexis de Tocqueville observed American democracy (such as it was) in the 1830s, and wondered if we could sustain it. Religion (such as it was) was part of the story he told; religion was a force in society without which, he thought, democracy would seed its own destruction. Was he right?