Justine Murison's book, "Faith in Exposure: Privacy and Secularism in the Nineteenth-Century United States," explores the concept of privacy in relation to cultural and historical issues. Murison argues that the development of privacy in the nineteenth century involved a secularization of the spiritual, displacing individual conscience into a model of social conformity. This had implications for marginalized communities, such as African Americans, for whom privacy was not a sacred concept. The book also examines how the concepts of hypocrisy and secrecy played out in American literature and culture during this time. While the book is well-researched and insightful, some critics argue that it could have benefited from a more comparative approach and exploration of different religious traditions' perspectives on privacy. Overall, the book offers valuable insights into nineteenth-century US culture and raises important questions about privacy in the modern era. [Extracted from the article]