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In practice, this just means adherence to a new faith—a faith preached not just from the pulpits but from CEOs on Wall Street, the White House, entertainment, and professional sports.
Some might dismiss the new “Woke” religion as simply consumerism with vague moralistic trappings. However, as the blistering reaction against the desecration of the Floyd statue shows, there’s real fervor behind this. Traditional religious institutions have either surrendered to it, or, more commonly, enlisted in the charge.
General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson were once honored by Americans as model Christian leaders, regardless of their Civil War difference. Today, the Southern Baptist Convention, once the redoubt of Southern Christian conservatism, is trembling before Critical Race Theory.