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A Baptist pastor and political scientist says that liberals have won the culture war. I think his proclamation is premature, but I also think we will win, because they’re fighting against Nature and we aren’t – and because we have tools they don’t.
Churches used to help hold society together, a place for people of different social classes and political beliefs to get to know each other. But it isn't that way so much any more, to the detriment of our democracy and our national unity. So says social scientist Ryan Burge, who urges churches to recover their role in social cohesion.
Their once dominant presence in the South that earned Baptists the status of a de facto established church is fast fading. Secularization and steady disestablishment are in full swing.
Regarding “Houses of Worship Shouldn’t Mirror the Class Divide” by Ryan Burge (Review, Aug. 19): The author writes that “the conservatism of white Christian…
Certain Americans trust Donald Trump, family/friends and conservative media more than they trust religious leaders.