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Entry: The Kirk Wars Continue Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_kirk_wars_continue#2417 Post contents: Excellent as always, but I felt there was one point you overlooked which needs stating: The real issue in the whole discussion about Kirk and religion seems to be that Wolfe condemns Kirk precisely because he does not believe in the totalitarian concept of "civic religion", and that the crux of his whole polemic is to condemn him for this rather than constructing one of his own as the neocons have done. What Wolfe appears to be arguing is that for a conservative to be advocating a traditionalist theocracy is preferable to the renunciation of civic religion, for the very reason that such a testimony to truly liberal and small-c catholic values is a grave offense to Wolfe's totalitarian liberalism. Sent at: 2008 07 24