In this episode of “Deseret Voices,” New York Times columnist Ross Douthat describes Salt Lake City as a “biblical America window” where a group of people made their exodus and found the Promised Land.
Host McKay Coppins and Douthat talk about the role of religion in society and how religion is influencing America right now.
Douthat, author of the new book, “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious” and a devout Catholic, makes what he calls the rational case for believing in God.
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Note: Transcript edited by Steven Watkins
McKay Coppins:
If you talk to people who study the role of religion in society, they will tell you that something strange is happening right now in America. After decades of

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