An interesting exchange on Steven Smith's most recent book

It appears that the good folks at the Pepperdine Law Review put together a really interesting conversation about Steven Smith's most recent book, The Rise and Decline of American Religious Liberty.  (A must-read, in my view.)   Here is his response, "Situating Ourselves in History," to contributions by Nelson Tebbe ("What Is at Stake?"); Andy Koppelman ("Theorists, Get Over Yourselves"), and Paul Horwitz ("More Vitiating Paradoxes").  

I'm with Steve, I admit, in thinking that "Barzunesque" "gloom" might be the appropriate response to the current state of religious-freedom law and conversations, and that Nelson's and Andy's "don't worry, it won't be too bad" assurances don't quite dispel it for me but . . . we'll see.  In any event, this is a very engaging collection of papers.