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Apologies for missing your reply till now, first of all. > Having lived in both religious and secular communities, it seems to me that tribalism is a human universal. Unfortunately, this is all too true. I did not mean to imply the non-religious were excluded from being tribal and differentiating themselves from Others, as well. I was only responding from my experience that, particularly within the public sphere, rel…
Thank you for the response, and for finding the reference. > I was only responding from my experience that, particularly within the public sphere, religion occupies just as strong a force in identity politics as other personal features. That is true. In contrast, one of my main points was that there is a significant amount of private, sincere religious practice that is not (primarily) political in nature. I did not w…
I definitely recommend the Audi-Wolterstorff book. They both tackle this specific issue from opposing perspectives, and I found it highly illuminating at the time. It has remained with me to this day—even in misremembered form.