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As long as the prevailing mentality thought that the consequences of piety and irreligion affected the entire community, religion was of necessity a public affair.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “As long as the prevailing mentality thought that the consequences of piety and irreligion affected the entire community…”
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Dewey discusses the historical relationship between religion and public life, emphasizing its communal significance.
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