Americans backing both candidates have found a point they agree on, and it is one that should give Christian leaders across the theological spectrum in the United States pause.
Category: Mainline Protestantism
Reframing “Spiritual but Not Religious” as “Belief but Not Accountability”
The “spiritual but not religious” hold to spiritual beliefs and practices that allow them to claim personal spirituality without being held accountable to any sort of religious community, set of doctrines, or even to God. It is a spirituality without accountability.
Can Christians Share the Good News When No One Likes Them? Pat Robertson, Public Opinion, Hatred and Evangelism
From the perspective of Christian evangelism, there is one clear and deeply concerning trend in the US today: Christians and religiously unaffiliated people do not like each other. There are at least two major problems with this.
Race and Theology Define Different Views of the Decline of Christianity in the US
Whether defined by race or by theology, we discover not only different views of Christianity’s place in the American culture, but of different narratives of what it means to live in the United States.
Missional Musings for Post-GC 2020 Methodists
The United Methodist Church is prepared to split so that traditionalists and progressives can be missional without the distraction of battling each other over sexuality. Will either new denomination be missionally effective in the current American culture?
Public Trust and the Prophet
Religious leaders are not garnering high levels of trust among Americans. This requires them to think carefully about how they will participate in the public square. A rethinking of what it means to be “prophetic” is in order.
New Challenges to Christian Witness for Evangelical and Mainline Protestants
New research shows that Evangelical Protestants are more knowledgeable about the Christian faith than Mainline Protestants, but are much less liked. They are about equally knowledgeable about other belief systems. This presents challenges for both.
Disrupting Happiness
Disrupting Happiness: If there is so much evidence linking religion to a greater sense of well-being, why are so many people walking away from the Mainline Protestant Church?