Political leaders must understand religion, Tony Blair writes

March 20, 2009

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair argues that political leaders must learn to cope with religious influences even if they are not religious themselves. Writing in the New Statesman, Blair--who entered the Catholic Church shortly after stepping down from the government leadership-- commented on his increasing awareness of the importance of religion:

"As the years of my premiership passed, one fact struck me with increasing force: that failure to understand the power of religion meant failure to understand the modern world."

 

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