Considering that religion from the relevant eras was largely a mechanism of control (or, less ominously, societal orchestration), this is not surprising. I'd v

Considering that religion from the relevant eras was largely a mechanism of control (or, less ominously, societal orchestration), this is not surprising. I'd very much like to read an exploration of the relationship between the rise of irreligious social constructs and the decline of the importance of religion in modern states.