equally massive, massy Krishna temple inrnLondon—which seems inevitable, gicnrnthe feebleness of (especially Anglican)rnChristianity, the anti-Western bias ofrnthe multieulturalist ideolog’, and thern1991 Census statistics which demonstraternthat white Britons in the boroughrnof Brent will almost certainl- be in thernminority within 20 years. John Major’srnfamous speech to the contrary, it looks asrnif there will not be too many spinstersrncycling to Mass in Neasdcn in 2015,rnThe faith implicit in the raising of thisrntemple serves only to underline our correspondingrnWestern lack of religiosity,rnfrom which we suffer grcatK, as T.S.rnEliot foresaw. A socicts without faith,rnwithout a collective conscience or sensernof objective morality, which is cynicalrnand prone to materialism, and whose establishedrnchurch has been secularizedrnand politicized is a society lacking anrnessential cohesive agent. Genuine religiosity,rnparticularly Anglican religiosity,rnalthough not dead, is dying, to be replacedrnby a frivolous and nonjudgmentalrn”Thought for the Day” kind of approachrnwhich recently found its logical conclusionrnin the excesses of the so-calledrn”Nine o’clock Serice” in Sheffield, arnrave “service” run by a former rock bandrnmanager under the auspices of thernChurch of England, with a “healing process”rnwhich involved sexual assault onrnsome 20 foolish women.rnI am not, I hope, insulting Hindus orrnHinduism, an admirable religion whichrnhas long had Western adherents, when Irnsay that I find this magnificent buildingrnsmbolie of doom—doom for therndying, gentle Anglo-Saxon London ofrnMetroland and, ultimately, for the dwindlingrnEngland of spartan Protestant andrnornamented Catholic churches alike.rnNo amount of Yoga, TM, anthropomorphism,rnvegetarianism, or Gandhian civilrndisobedience—not even the edifyingrnUpanishads or Laws of Manu—canrnwholly compensate for the permanentrnloss of European and Christian civility,rnfeeling, and thought, which is imminentrnin at least some parts of central London.rnIt is impossible that the materialistsrnwho now dominate the establishedrnchurches will be able to reinvigoraternChristianity—indeed, in cynical oldrnBritain, it is unlikely that anybody couldrnever do that. And it is equally unlikelyrnthat the professional minority-masseursrnwho dominate the media and innercityrnlocal government will help in thernreestablishmcnt of Christian, Europeanrnculture in Neasdcn, or at least not attackrnit elsewhere: there is no practical gain—rnquite the eontrar—nor is there even anyrnmoralistic self-satisfaction to be gainedrnin standing up for the West. As the oldrnHindu proverb puts it, “When an elephantrnis in trouble, even a frog will kickrnhim.”rnDerrick ‘I’urner is the editor of RightrnNow!rnCONCERNING IMMIGRATION . . .rnIMMIGRATIONrnANDTHErnAMERICAN IDENTITYrnSe.kCllON’SIROMrnChronicles: A Magazine of .4nierkan Culture.rn1985-1995rnIrn’he presence in this volume of Cahfornia’srnGovernor Pete Wilson, easily reelectedrnsince his essay ‘Citizenship and Immigration’rnfirst appeared in Chronicles’ Novemoerrn1993 issue and now widely mentioned as thernpossible catalyst of the immigration issue inrnpresidential politics, is only one reason Chronicles’rneditors can fairly say: you read it here first.”rn—Peter Brimelow, ForbesrnA publication of The Rockford Institutern232 pp., paper, $14.95 List Pricern(plus $2.50 for shipping & handling)rnTo order by credit card, call: 1-800-397-8160, Or send check or moneyrnorder in the amount ofrn$17.45 ($14.95-h$2.50 shipping & handling) tornChronicles, P.O. Box 800, Mt. Morris, XL 61054rnPlease list on j^avment or mention when ordering:rnSOURCE CODE: SC958, and ITEM CODE: MGRT.rn38/CHRONICLESrnrnrn