ThenIhadreligion, then I had a vision. I could not turn from theirrevelinderision. Then I sawthe Congocreeping through the black, cutting through the forestwith a goldentrack.
Others have concentrated on the movement's beliefs and goals, as Vincent Shih did in "The Taiping Ideology" (1973) and Rudolf Wagner did in "Reenacting the Heavenly Vision: The Role of Religion in the Taiping Rebellion" (1982).
Our goal must be to illuminate the hearts and minds of humanity, and share a compelling, alternate vision of Islam as a religion of divine love and tolerance, that banishes the fanatical ideology of hatred to the darkness from which it emerged.
There is, of course, considerable disagreement over whether the Founders believed the establishment of a national religion to be consistent with their vision for America.