>what i'm curious about, though, is how you think that
>romantic-individual-dissent element relates to the theocratic
>evangelicalism dominating the american religious landscape today?
And which certainly is not at odds with power, as Michael's "frisson of dissent" would suggest. Or is that why the Christian right needs a myth of persecution by a dominant secular elite? They can't cope with having their man in the White House?
Doug