This book should be required reading for citizens and politicians who tend toward blind adoption of political and social theologies, without giving much thought to the moral dilemmas which can arise therefrom. This book cannot be given its due without some serious thought about issues that are inherently conflicted. It is the most thought-provoking book I have read in recent memory. If one gives each moral issue due consideration, one comes away with the notion that social policies ought to be decided on their merits and not by subscription to the mantra of some political theology.
It is interesting to ponder what would change if public leaders became thoughtful in the manner of this book. Of course, thoughtful discourse may not be as energizing as the shouting of epithets.