Whether one thinks that -religion- continues to fade or has made a comeback in the contemporary world, there is a common notion that -religion- went away somewhere, at least in the West.
In these chapters Cavanaugh cautions readers.
In Migrations of the Holy he examines the disconcerting modern transfer of sacred devotion from the Church to the nation-state.
But William Cavanaugh argues that religious fervor never left -- it has only migrated toward a new object of worship.
Whether one thinks that -religion- continues to fade or has made a comeback in the contemporary world, there is a common notion that -religion- went away somewhere, at least in the West