In this talk, I discuss the historian Brad Gregory’s fine book Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World.

In particular, I answer the following questions:

★ How did a secular society arise accidentally from a profoundly religious movement?

★ What is secularism and why does it matter today?

★ How does secularism emerge in tandem with a new hedonic conception of the good life–that is, in lockstep with what Gregory terms “the goods life” (notice the “s”)?

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