“Both relativism and fundamentalism threaten the basic moral order without which no society, least of all a liberal democracy, can exist: relativism because it makes morality a capricious game, fundamentalism because it balkanizes society into mutually hostile camps that cannot communicate with each other…”
…from Peter Berger..who is a practicing Lutheran…apparently in search of pragmatic religious middle ground.
Well, Nietzsche argued that morality doesn’t exist…and his influence is everywhere. For a philosophical project that has a tough time acknowledging there may be an object to our knowledge…there’s Richard Rorty.
Berger’s critique could serve Sullivan’s purposes very well…but organized religion? They will likely throw Sullivan under the bus.
Also…just what is that “basic moral order” Berger’s talking about?
See Also: From The Volokh Conspiracy: Multiculturalism As A Traditional American Value, and Chris Hedges seems to be where humanities/liberalism meet politics and religion: Christopher Hedges Criticizes The New Atheists.
Addition: The Evangelical Manifesto here.
