Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Upon the Altar of the Nation is Stout's argument that unprecedented destructiveness of the civil War generated what he calls an American civil religion.

也许《祭坛上的民族》最让人感兴趣的是Stout的论点，前所未有的破坏性内战产生了他所说的美国公民信仰。

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Second perhaps only to religion, Universities have stood the test of time outliving many governments and most commercial enterprises.

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And yet, given the dizzying pace of globalization, and the cultural leveling of modernity, it should come as no surprise that people fear the loss of what they cherish about their particular identities -- their race, their tribe, and perhaps most powerfully their religion.

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Then they all got anti-spending religion, though perhaps none more zealously than Mr Kingston.

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