The divide reflects how religion defines an individual’s identity within a society. At a time when religion is becoming increasingly important elsewhere, we Europeans have largely forgotten our (violent and intolerant) religious past, and we have difficulty understanding the role that religion can play in other peoples’ daily lives.
这种分隔反映了一个社会宗教是如何确定个人的身份的。宗教在各地日显重要的时候，我们欧洲人很大程度上忘记了我们那（暴力、偏狭）的宗教过去，并且我们很难理解宗教可能在其他人的日常生活中所起的作用。