Caraline Collins
Writing Assignment #3
Fridays; 12
October 24, 2014

Finding the Sacred in Modern Society

America: The great melting pot. Today, we are surrounded by a myriad of different languages, nationalities, cultures, values, and beliefs; we live in a time of increased piety, as Durkheim would state, “moral mediocrity”. From Jewish to Catholic, Buddhist to Hindu, Yogi to Evangelical, Muslim to Atheist, S...

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