Re: A.Word.A.Day--henotheism (fwd)

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>  
>    "On the empirical side, Lind thinks he sees an accelerating
pattern of
>    religious indifferentism in this country; Americans, he argues,
have
>    adopted the henotheism of `one God and many equally true
religions.' But
>    the phenomenon Lind is trying to describe could much more
accurately be
>    thought of as a flourishing of religious tolerance--and one,
moreover,
>    that is morally grounded in religious convictions."
>    Weigel, George, The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and
the
>    Fourth American Revolution. (book reviews), Commentary, 1 Jul 1995.
>  
>  
> Pronunciation:
> http://www.wordsmith.org/words/henotheism.wav 
> http://www.wordsmith.org/words/henotheism.ram 
> 
> Most of the fathers of the Constitution were diests, especially
Thomas Jefferson. So the founding of this country was founded on
religious tolerance.
-Liz Friedman

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