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Ray Thomas's avatar

Diana, thanks for your weekly newsletter. It's alway insightful. On shifting religious and political sands, I recommend The Upswing by Robert Putnam, a very in-depth look at trends since the Golden Age 1880"s and comparisons. He notes that politics is a bigger factor now in marriage partners than faith or race. Other comparisons ( I have not finished the book yet) would lead me to believe that big money has been pulling the strings of political, racial, and economic divisions in this country for a long time. It has been the most overlooked source except by the extreme left recently although he points out that politicians of both parties at times of more than a century have warned of consolidation of economic power and both parties until recently have voted for "progressive" tax and welfare programs.

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MARTHA ESKEW's avatar

Loved loved your conversation with Ed Bacon. I had no idea how "religious" the insurrection was. Maybe I was just not wanting to pay attention. I am wondering about the "secular" left. I am deeply connected into the contemplative movement and began that journey with other more psychological modalities. What I see all around me are young people claiming "no affiliation" but yearning for a connection to authentic experience of the divine / energy / God / universe / meaning ......

Would you call these people secular?

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