The real religion of America has always been America itself; our religion has largely been civil religion for the sake of social order more than for any soul transformation…

Our parents gave us what they had been given… the self-serving American dream of material advancement and an overreliance on religious institutions to do our spiritual work for us.

Instead of a transformational journey, we were offered two nice systems to belong to: ‘pro Deo et Patria’, religion and country.

– Richard Rohr, Adam’s Return, p. 78.