Undecipherable lead tablets fueled hopes of a unifying final religion

Evidence

The contrary tendency appeals to every human instinct, but it also marks, for better or worse, a loosening of the cohesion of the Western world, an obscuring of its sense of separateness, and a blurring of the clear-cut line between the West and its neighbors. — R. W. Southern, Western Views of Islam in the Middle…, 440 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religious harmony was framed as desire for a single universal faith; Broadening salvation’s scope weakened Western civilizational unity — R. W. Southern, Western Views of Islam in the Middle…, 440

Broader Connections

• Broadening salvation’s scope weakened Western civilizational unity #complicates (0.72) — R. W. Southern, Western Views of Islam in the Middle…, 440