What went first in the history of humanity: the religion or the politics? Like the chicken and egg question, nobody knows. And today also it is obvious that the entanglement of those two domains which highly influence the future and the past of humankind is worth to be discussed by some high level intellectuals (professors and writers) in the three conferences referenced below with their Internet link.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=relmfu&v=h4hryykQZBk
http://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=06rr#/watch?feature=relmfu&v=159iiam2pW8
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=relmfu&v=PI4PEQgbQ1M
http://www.cfr.org/projects/world/religion-and-open-society-symposium/pr1361