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The troublesome priest
A furor erupts in Britain over the archbishop's accommodating stance toward Islamic sharia law. Has the cleric -- and multiculturalism -- gone too far?
By Salil Tripathi [2008-02-25]

  • The Enlightenment Myth

    I deplore the archbishop's statement but not because I suspect he is trying to sneak religion back into the public square by some sort of alliance with the Muslims. Rather it further undermines the influence of Christianity by equating it with Islam. IAC, I am mused when the writer speaks of "myths" without acknowledging that secularism has its own myth with an attendent faith. An important part of this myth is the delusion that society is composed of autonomous individuals who lives their lives without any permanent relationships except that of subject of an all powerful state. Secularists seek to dissolve all intermediate bodies with claims on the loyalty of the person: church, family, business. In their universe only the polis, or maybe only the cosmopolis matters.

    -- RobbySh
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    Monday, February 25, 2008 05:30 PM
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