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Empty Altars: American Saints in a Cynical Age (#179)

You Have Permission

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Idioclastic Impulse in American Religion

It's a dark period for any kind of public figure doing anything That is Praise worthy or has moral beauty to it. It's like we got a lot to be jaded by and I think like trump Is maybe the most recent Kind of sledgehammer A version of that where it's like the only people who aren't jaded by what he did Are the people who like have huge horse blinders on. If you're paying attention then you're jaded and it's like yeah, we could just elect that guy And almost twice, after he told us exactly who he was and Damn like we're calling out for a hero in the morning light. I mean we need a hero

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