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The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
Approximate author period: c. 1915 AD · modern
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- Reinhold Niebuhr
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- Approximate author period: c. 1915 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Reinhold Niebuhr: documented activity in 1915. Wikidata Q358561, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358561 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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