Question Answered step-by-step Douthat appears to be in a different spot than the authors of your… Douthat appears to be in a different spot than the authors of your textbook (Andersen/Taylor) about the role that religion might play in our society once secularization has run its course. The authors of your textbook appear to endorse the secularization of our society that has been occurring for the past fifty or sixty years, don’t they? Maybe not. Or perhaps those same authors view secularization as neutral to the future of religion, if indeed the authors think it has a future? Exactly where do both Douthat and Andersen/Taylor stand on the relation between religion and secularization? Social Science Sociology SOC 101 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)