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This is a nice survey of reactionary theo-politics in America. Have you ever read Mark Lilla's book "The Stillborn God"? He looks at the differentiation of politics and religion historically through the prism of major (mostly European) philosophers writing about the topic starting with Hobbes. He calls this the "Great Separation". It's really the process of differentiation that is the prime mover of liberalism. These reactionary ideas seem to aim at knitting politics and religion back together.…