1.0Religion & Public Life With Mark Silkhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclifeMark Silkhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/author/msilkAmong the religionists - Religion & Public Life With Mark Silkrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="b8ThVAIzaY"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/2010/11/among-the-religionists.html">Among the religionists</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/2010/11/among-the-religionists.html/embed#?secret=b8ThVAIzaY" width="600" height="338" title="“Among the religionists” — Religion & Public Life With Mark Silk" data-secret="b8ThVAIzaY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Two years ago, the excitement was palpable at the American Academy of Religion‘s annual gabfest in Chicago. The main hotel was the Magnificent Mile Hilton, from which you could look down at the white tents going up in Grant Park in anticipation of the election of Illinois favorite wunderkind Barack Obama to the highest office…