On America’s morality and religion

27 August 2009[edit]

in Ruminations

Agnes Repplier (1855-1950), American essayist
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America has invested her religion as well as her morality in sound income-paying securities. She has adopted the unassailable position of a nation blessed because it deserves to be blessed; and her sons, whatever other theologies they may affect or disregards, subscribe unreservedly to this national creed.

Agnes Repplier, Times and Tendencies (1931)

Taken from an introduction to a chapter of American Gods, Neil Gaiman’s masterpiece. Makes you think, huh?

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