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Quotes from God in Action: How Faith in God Can Address the Challenges of the World — Francis George

1937–2015 United States

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Belief in God's presence and action in American public life, in social events, in education, in civic celebrations and political discussions, which for two hundred years had been considered broadly beneficent, changed radically on September 11, 2001.

God in Action: How Faith in God Can Address the Challenges of the World (2011)

Some have recently argued that pluralism by its very nature demands civic secularism. There seems to be no logical reason why respect for the beliefs of more than a quarter billion Americans, 90 percent of whom declare themselves to be religious, should require us now to eschew the public expression of religion, even in discussing political affairs that have moral foundations or implications.

God in Action: How Faith in God Can Address the Challenges of the World (2011)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Francis George (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.