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Herb London, President of the Hudson Institute, delivered this engaging speech which lays out the premise of his 2008 book "America's Secular Challenge: The Rise of a New National Religion."

Dr. London suggests that the rise of secularism in the United States is a flaccid response to the challenge presented by the fanaticism of radical Islam. In the so-called war of ideas we are handicapped in our ability to thwart the inroads of fanaticism by a reflexive belief in relativism, one dimension of secular humanism. The rise of secular humanism not only challenges the traditional antecedent of the nation, it is an ineffective response to the challenge of Islam. The result? If you don't know what you believe in, you are unable to defend what is worthwhile.

Courtesy of The Harbour League