Wokeness Isn’t a Religion, but a Rejection of the Secular American Creed

In the past decade, a new iteration of progressivism, often described as “woke,” has gained traction; its dogmatism, its power over its adherents, and the ways it seems to go beyond normal political discourse have led some critics to describe it as a kind of religion. But as Hannah Arendt wrote many decades ago about a similar analogy, using a shoe to bang on a nail doesn’t make it a hammer. Katherine Dee writes: