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This is an outstanding article by an important writer. Enjoy.

Merry Christmas!

1 posted on 12/23/2001 9:21:38 PM PST by ouroboros
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Merry Christmas ping!
2 posted on 12/23/2001 9:23:00 PM PST by ouroboros
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At first glance, Augustine might be read as advocating here the creation of the First Universal Nation comprising “a society of nations, speaking all languages."

Yep. That's the City of God. And that's a multicultural city. Augustine was advocating multiculturalism. So Augustine can't serve as an authority for the Williamson's pro-nationalist views.

Williamson recognizes this problem and tries to get out of it by spiritualizing this multiculturalism, viz., A closer reading shows, however, that the “citizens” are called “out” in a spiritual rather than a physical sense.

But this is just obfuscation.

3 posted on 12/23/2001 9:57:17 PM PST by codeword
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big'ol_bump
7 posted on 12/24/2001 2:45:07 AM PST by big'ol_freeper
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To: ouroboros
Bravo!
11 posted on 12/24/2001 7:43:26 AM PST by St.Chuck
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To: ouroboros
thanks
14 posted on 12/24/2001 3:26:27 PM PST by junta
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