A few reviews

[dangermouse]

Let's not go down the religious debate rabbit hole, but I just want to add that blaming atheism for any massive, negative, change in our society really pisses me off. One could easily argue that there is far more conformity with adhering to religious dogma than by discarding it.

Why would you be pissed off? It's just an observation, one that many people have made. As Norway has becomes richer and thrown off the shackles of Christian belief, it has become crushingly materialistic and egocentric, as den brysomme mannen points out very strongly.  So does Christian Borch's "Banalitetens tyranni" (the tyranny of banality) - where he hopes that the next generation will learn from this generation's mistakes and choose other values.
Note that I'm talking about Norwegian society in particular, and I have no dog in the US religious culture wars. I get the impression there that the opposite is true, that a lot of "Christian" culture is offensively oppressive.