Synopsis
A theological critique of the modern state, market, and globalism, arguing the Church offers a rival vision of community and the common good.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workThe modern state did not rescue us from religious violence but claimed our deepest loyalties for itself, becoming a false church.
It questions the founding myth of secular politics, suggesting the nation-state demands the kind of devotion it claims to have tamed.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with A Secular Age.
Reading note
Read it as theological argument; its provocations target the stories modern politics tells about its own origins.
Best paired with
A Secular Age