Genealogy of Religion

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Nazi (Christian) Theism

November 26th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Philosophy, Power

Almost immediately after the German surrender in May 1945, people began trying to explain what had happened. The horrors of the Nazi regime were such that almost every explanation has been offered. The weakest of explanations is bewilderment. But Nazi depravity and German complicity is not inexplicable.
As the process of explication began to unfold, one [...]

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“Moses Wrote the Constitution”

October 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Civil Religion, Daily Devolutions, History

Over at the Atlantic, my former classmate Garrett Epps reports on one of those “constitutional” and “patriotic” meetings that we typically, and wrongly, associate with militant white “minorities” living in the Idaho wilderness.  This gathering takes place in the basement of a Lutheran Church in Virginia and those who attend are staid — having not [...]

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Hitchens on Anti-Semitism

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Axial Age, History

Provocative and thoughtful as he usually is, Hitchens opines on anti-semitism for The Atlantic:
There is, probably first and certainly foremost, religious anti-Semitism. Unlike other nations or peoples, Jews were among the witnesses to the alleged lives and preachings of Jesus and Muhammad, and turned away from men they deemed false Messiahs. It is inconceivable that [...]

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