Issue 2: "Reparation of Church and State"

Lately I have been involved in many discussions over the role religion should/should not play in government and politics. Last night I read these articles on this blog all entitled "Reparation of Church and State." Make sure you read all 5 sections. So this weekend, instead of watching a half hour of a TV show (that you probably didn't even want to watch in the first place) read this.

Some excerpts:

The politics of beauty and mercy seek what all great reforms (and reformers) have sought: to universalize their radical subjectivity through the fundamentally unfounded logic of the State...

So far, my response has been an essay on politics, particularly the way that we have misunderstood politics and reduced it to consensus democracy. Now I want to focus on religion. Specifically, I want to decide whether or not religion is uniquely capable of doing what the State cannot-namely, to usher in and universalize the politics of beauty, joy, and mercy.

Thanks, Ashley, for beautiful thoughts.