Religious traditions are repositories of values that are passed on, generation to generation. Without the spiritual dimension, we have only the mechanistic, materialistic, utilitarian, functional and individualistic values of the secular world. Where the spiritual imagination sees a homeland of the ancestors, the materialistic imagination sees only prime real estate, ripe for development. Where those that value justice see a genocide unfolding, the mechanistic mind sees only an indigenous population that needs to be bulldozed away to allow the diggers roll in. Spiritual values include the values of justice and respect. They act as a bulwark against fascism. Dispense with...