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Article: The rally round religion.(Opinion & ARTS)(Essay)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- August 8, 2008
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A time of expanding global trade, new technologies disseminating information in unprecedented ways, and religious fanaticism forcing people to take up arms--yes, the 16th century was a momentous period that saw a surge in globalization, the invention of the printing press, and wars driven by religious fanatics. It also saw the unraveling of a unique alliance between the popes and the emperors, the so-called Holy Roman Empire, after eight centuries of mutually beneficial and sometimes uneasy collaboration. That alliance and its unraveling may have important implications for the present time. particularly as the world experiences unprecedented levels of immigration and ...