The second factor is America’s pluralistic public sphere, an arena not without religion but with many religions, which are visible and active in civil life as the basis for institutions, publications, and symbols that influence values and conduct. The US is not a secular society; it is a religiously pluralistic one with secular legal and political structures.
第二个因素是美国多样性的公共领域。这一领域不是没有宗教，而是有多种宗教。这些宗教在市民生活中可以见到而且活跃不已。它们构成了各种机构、出版物以及各种象征的基础，影响人们的价值观和行为。美国并不是一个世俗社会，而是一个宗教多样性、具有世俗法律和政治结构的社会。