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editorial@newsandsentinel.com Andrew Whitehead, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Association of Religion Data Archives at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, and Samuel Perry, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma, wrote a book last year entitled “Taking America Back For God: Christian Nationalism in the United States.” Whitehead and Perry define Christian nationalism as “a cultural framework that idealizes and advocates a fusion of Christianity with American civic life.” Christian nationalism is dangerous and abhorrent and must come to a non-violent but immediate end in our society.

The Christian Science Monitor Daily for February 9, 2021

It’s a pandemic shift no one saw coming at the start of 2020. Faith communities began the year expecting members to attend worship in person at least somewhat regularly. Perhaps they’d come to a potluck lunch now and then toting a covered dish. Now, as churches have moved online, people can belong, officially or informally, without ever darkening a church door. Some congregants enjoy the flexibility to watch services in their bathrobes. Others welcome the opportunity to find a church that feels like a good fit, regardless of geography. For Hanne Peterson, virtual worship meant the opportunity to return to a beloved church after moving halfway around the world. She had been missing All Saints Episcopal Church in Bellevue, Washington, ever since she returned to her native country in 2016. Having felt disoriented and not warmly welcomed at churches in Denmark, she seized the chance to be active again at All Saints.

Online church is more than a stopgap It s revitalizing congregations

It’s a pandemic shift no one saw coming at the start of 2020. Faith communities began the year expecting members to attend worship in person at least somewhat regularly. Perhaps they’d come to a potluck lunch now and then toting a covered dish. Why We Wrote This As churches have had to go online to hold services during the pandemic, they have learned something surprising: Practicing religion in cyberspace works. Many have attracted faraway followers and rejuvenated congregations. Now, as churches have moved online, people can belong, officially or informally, without ever darkening a church door. Some congregants enjoy the flexibility to watch services in their bathrobes. Others welcome the opportunity to find a church that feels like a good fit, regardless of geography.

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