Series ✦ Penny’s Take
The Politics at God's Funeral
Michael Harrington · 1985
73/100
👍 Worth It
Harrington was an unusually honest intellectual — an atheist who genuinely took Christian theology seriously on its own terms while still tracing the structural forces he believed were secularizing the West. The philosophical sweep from Kant through Barth is substantial and the core secularization question remains live. The Marxist lens dates some conclusions, particularly post-1989, and faith readers should know they are engaging a secular-left thinker, but the intellectual seriousness is real.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Secular-left/atheist author engages Christian theology from outside the faith; Marxist framing shapes conclusions. We still scored it 73; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Faith & family safety75
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing75
Originality72
Evidence & accuracy68
Hype vs delivers72
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check72
Penny’s verdict73
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