I think you're spot on about a lot of these points. On your last "unpopular view" about religion, religious groups can be like any other group of people in that

I think you're spot on about a lot of these points. On your last "unpopular view" about religion, religious groups can be like any other group of people in that each group falls somewhere on a spectrum between warm and welcoming vs. aggressively tribal. I think the sentiment is right, though – maybe "civic engagement" is what we're after here.