Allen W. Wood Quotes

The species of anti-Enlightenment religion we find among evangelical protestants is far more impoverished, anti-intellectual and downright wretched.

Allen W. Wood

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• The species of anti-Enlightenment religion we find among evangelical protestants is far more impoverished, anti-intellectual and downright wretched.

  

  Allen W. Wood
  • Religion
  • Wretched
  • Anti-Enlightenment