In the way that modernity interpenetrates antiquity is of particular interest in re Saudi Arabia. Moving forward, can religion and politics be peaceable in the mutuality of their relationship? Can such a marriage happen without violent consequences? Top-down authoritarianism is usually unhappy and uncompromising about anything that compromises the politics of authoritarians. We can only hope Saudi Arabia gives the world a new paradigm to consider in the co-relationship of religion and politics. Our Church, Roman Catholicism, has much to learn.