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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Zachary Karabell on Mark Lilla’s ‘The Stillborn God’ With religious passions inflaming and complicating politics worldwide, the very project of a secular future is threatened. In “The Stillborn God,” Mark Lilla reveals the roots of the age-old quest to bring political life under God’s authority. He also explores how modern Western thinkers found a way to free politics from theological power and build barriers against destructive religious fanaticism. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071220_zachary_karabell_on_mark_lillas_the_stillborn_god/">http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071220_zachary_karabell_on_mark_lillas_the_stillborn_god/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Zachary Karabell on Mark Lilla’s ‘The Stillborn God’ With religious passions inflaming and complicating politics worldwide, the very project of a secular future is threatened. In “The Stillborn God,” Mark Lilla reveals the roots of the age-old quest to bring political life under God’s authority. He also explores how modern Western thinkers found a way to free politics from theological power and build barriers against destructive religious fanaticism. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071220_zachary_karabell_on_mark_lillas_the_stillborn_god/">http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071220_zachary_karabell_on_mark_lillas_the_stillborn_god/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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