What Randolph Bourne thinks about religion

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American essayist (1886 to 1918); author of War and the Intellectuals.

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1 dated position, c. 1917–1918, in their own words. Our reading of what Randolph Bourne has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1917–1918

   Our readingReligion has largely handed its demand for conformity over to the State

   Their wordsReligion, which was for so many centuries the most exigent and ubiquitous symbol of society’s demand for conformity, has lapsed in these later days and bequeathed most of its virus to the State.

   ↗Untimely Papers (essays of 1917-1918, published 1919)gutenberg.org All 21 from this book