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Does God Exist? A Conversation with Tom Holland, Stephen Meyer, and Douglas Murray | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

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Sacralizing the World Is an Incredibly Christian One

René Girard would draw the distinction between Christianity proper and hyper-Christianity, which seizes upon egalitarianism. Sacralizing the world is an incredibly Christian one. We cannot go back to a pre-Christian world. But we've tried it in certain in Europe, with fascism. With other grand narratives collapsed, the religion of anti-racism fills people with purpose and a sense of meaning.

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