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America’s New Religions
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 27, 2018 09:34am |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Author | Andrew Sullivan |
| News Date | Friday, December 7, 2018 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Seduced by scientism, distracted by materialism, insulated, like no humans before us, from the vicissitudes of sickness and the ubiquity of early death, the post-Christian West believes instead in something we have called progress — a gradual ascent of mankind toward reason, peace, and prosperity — as a substitute in many ways for our previous monotheism. We have constructed a capitalist system that turns individual selfishness into a collective asset and showers us with earthly goods; we have leveraged science for our own health and comfort. Our ability to extend this material bonanza to more and more people is how we define progress; and progress is what we call meaning. In this respect, Steven Pinker is one of the most religious writers I’ve ever admired. His faith in reason is as complete as any fundamentalist’s belief in God. |
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