Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. . . . Politics has once again become religious.
Source: The Practice of Everyday Life, ch. 13, An Archaeology: The Transits of Believing, 1974.
-- Michel de Certeau, ( 1925-1986), French educator; He identified communication as the irreducible element in the politics of modern societies in The Capture of Speech.