For students of history, what Glenn Beck has recently provided is something that has seen before. I wanted to note something which hasn’t been talked about much. Beck said,
If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop and tell them, “Excuse me are you down with this whole social justice thing?” If it’s my church, I’m alerting the church authorities: “Excuse me, what’s this social justice thing?” And if they say, “yeah, we’re all in that social justice thing”—I’m in the wrong place.
Continue reading “It Has All Happened Before And Will Happen Again”
Tags: civil religion, glenn beck, nazi germany, social justice
For a while, some of the rationale behind some homeschooling communities is the fear of liberal biases in textbooks, etc… now, conservatives are exerted their biases into the text books of our school children. If you can be objective about this, one will note that biases on either side are simply wrong, further, if you can remain objective, you will find many of these ‘facts’ being taught very objectionable. You can find the entire story here, but below are some highlights. One of the things we have to realize is that as Texas goes, so does the nation. Find more here as well.
Continue reading “Will the Texas Textbook Decision Force More to Homeschooling?”
Tags: American Exceptionalism, civil religion, homeschool, public school, texas
If you remember, a while ago I was able to review Hughes’ newest book and interview him. He has taken to asking a very serious question. For those who believe that the bible is to be taken with reverence and often times very literal, where are you at on social and economic justice?
Want to try your hand at solving a riddle with life-or-death implications for people all over the world? Why do so many evangelical and fundamentalist Christians–people who clearly honor the Bible–so often disregard two requirements that are central to the biblical text and central to the teachings of Jesus: peacemaking and justice for the poor? This is hardly an academic question. With over 25% of the total American population fundamentalist and evangelical Christians could make a vast difference in the lives of millions around the world if more of them took the Bible’s teachings on these two points more seriously.
Read the rest here. Good luck.
Tags: civil religion, economic justice, poverty, richard t. hughes, social justice
The question?
Does anyone besides me think that American Christianity is in real trouble?
An offered answer?
Continue reading “In Search of the Next Revival?”
Tags: american christianity, civil religion, revival
Think you unpact with the Manhattan Declaration:
As you know, the “Manhattan Declaration” (hereafter MD) was a bad idea that became a bad document that undeservingly boasted some very good names.
In our various discussions, many regretted having signed the document. They had, at first, understandably seen wisdom in co-belligerency in opposing abortion, the loss of freedoms, and the forced normalization of perversion. However, they had missed the deliberate muddling of the vitally-important edges of the Gospel. Now they wanted to un-sign.
But how to do so?
Pyromaniacs: Un-signing the Manhattan Declaration: a PSA from Pyro.
HT
Tags: civil religion, Manhattan Declaration
Marriage can be seen as a part of both kingdoms – Church and State. For the Church, marriage fulfills certain spiritual commands and serves to denote, in part, the relationship between Christ and His Church, among others things. For the State, it is a political contract which is business minded and ideally, a good thing for the State as a whole.
Continue reading “Should the Government Remove itself from Marriage?”
Tags: civil religion, clergy, gay marriage
Came across this review. How does this square with the Christian nation hypothesis? I have pasted only a few instances which is pointed at in the occult history:
Continue reading “The Secret History Of How Mysticism Shaped the U.S.”
Tags: Christianity, civil religion, occult
