Robert Laurence Moore has written a delightful, illuminating and provocative study of American church history centered on the theme of "mixing" the "sacred" with the "profane » and vice versa. . Key points of conversation covered include the polarization caused by the public display of religious symbols, the significant contribution that women and Africans have made to the American religious mosaic, the harmony and friction that has existed between science and religion, the impact of immigration on religious pluralism and the dual push towards union and separation of religion and politics. Moore investigates Americans' attitudes, behavior, and perceptions regarding their respective individual sacred and secular lives. He is interested in the roles of popular culture and religion and, furthermore, how popular culture has affected the shifting boundaries between the sacred and secular, particularly how these practices shape religion American. We live in a complex society and a social structure structured by norms and values ​​that they themselves structure in the way we interpret and interact with others. Moore does not devote much attention to religious ideas. Instead, he examines several different instances of the mixing of the sacred and the profane in American popular culture. Moore recounts the direct and indirect effects of the public display of religion, for both the sacred and the secular. History, lifestyle, work, education, government, music, sporting events, market, literature and femininity influence people. It also discusses how religion can influence racial militancy and terrorism that threaten equality, internal security and national identity. Religion and prayers adapt differently and middle of paper ...... to the holiday season. No imaginable Supreme Court will create obstacles to this heavyweight of consumption. Nor is it likely that any Jewish or Islamic group will fund a test case aimed at derailing Christmas. They too are merchants” (pp. 28-29). I love that Moore does not hesitate to express thoughtful criticisms of the pretensions of the Church and the undemocratic ways in which Protestants have sometimes attempted to dominate American society. His commentary stimulates constructive discussions about what should and should not be the appropriate role of Christianity, particularly Protestantism, in a religiously pluralistic culture that has constitutional guarantees for religious freedom and the separation of church and religion. State. Works CitedMoore, R. Laurence Touchdown Jesus: The Mixing of Sacred and. Secularism in American History Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2003. Print..