I find myself thinking a good bit these days about the
relationship of the church and Christianity to American culture. It has changed
and continues to change at a dramatic pace. Some believe that the church and
Christianity have completely lost any standing and that in fact the culture
will eventually turn against Christianity and even persecute the church. This
understanding is held by the outgoing Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago who says
that he expects to die comfortably in his bed, that his successor (already
named) will die in prison and that his successor will die a martyr in the
public square. If nothing else, you have to admit that is an attention getting
way of describing the trajectory of our country and its relationship to
Christianity.
Others hope for the pendulum to swing, that there will be a
renewal of the relationship of Christianity with the church again having a healthy,
wholesome light, salt, and leaven impact on American culture. Who knows?
What follows is a Pew report on what many Americans are
thinking now:
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