text: To MW's excellent analysis I would expand his ending to an "ecumenism of fear and hate."
  The La Civilta article takes on fear directly.  Fundies abound in fear and its promotion to a huge audience because fear is always beneath the surface of human consciousness.
  MW brings his commanding overview skills to a necessary level of discourse.
  He offers an important distinction that needs to be kept in mind. Articles are not exhaustive.  They should ignite a wider discussion.  The historian Barbara Tuchman noted: quite before your finished.  One doesn't have the last word, not even strive to. What is important is what will trigger a wider audience, discussion where others have valuable input.
  The La Civilta piece is not exhaustive either.  It has ignited an issue that needs to be front and center in an historical period where there is an attempt to align Christianity with suppressive ideologies.  The liberation message of Christianity is being coopted by the Bannon brigade of believers.