Let's talk
A look at religion in the United States and elsewhere
Posted: August 29, 2009 at 4:36 a.m.
Since the United States lost its arch enemy, the Soviet Union, in 1991, Americans have been at a loss to identify a general theme that unifies such diverse global issues as terrorism, poverty, dictatorship, environmental decline and nuclear weapons. I suggest that one such overarching theme is religion. Largely, it's what world and domestic affairs have been about in recent decades.
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Opinion, Pages 4 on 08/29/2009
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