UDL: Introduction to Reinhold Neibuhr "The Irony Of American History"

“All men are naturally inclined to obscure the morally ambiguous element in their political cause by investing it with religious sanctity,” he once observed. “This is why religion is more frequently a source of confusion than of light in the political realm.” In the United States, he continued, “The tendency to equate our political with our Christian convictions causes politics to generate idolatry.” Evangelical conservatism and its growing influence on American politics, which Niebuhr did not live to see, have only reinforced this tendency."

Introduction to Reinhold Neibuhr "The Irony Of American History"