CHRISTIANITY

5 ways churches inflicted pain on themselves

By Tom Ehrich  | May 19, 2015 | 62 Comments (RNS) Let’s be clear: The much-heralded “decline of Christianity in America” isn’t about God losing faith in humankind. It isn’t about losing our moral compass thanks to whatever you happen to loathe. It isn’t about fickle millennials. It isn’t about zigging […]

America is not a Christian nation: The dark capitalist roots of our country’s most destructive myth

Salon.com: According to author Kevin Kruse, the idea that America is a “Christian nation” was invented only recently, forged by an alliance between industrialists and conservative clergy who preached the connection between Christianity and capitalism. In One Nation Under God, the Princeton history professor issues a twofold corrective: first, to the popular notion that the […]