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Politics becoming religion
Samuel Gregg, Catholic World Report
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The sheer ferocity of contemporary politics suggests that, for many people, it’s their real religion. The problem comes when Christians try to absolutize what are largely prudential matters – or, conversely, to “prudentialize” moral absolutes – it’s usually an indication that some form of politics, whether conservative or liberal, center-right or center-left, has become secularized.