Navigating an Anti-Christian World: An Interview with Aaron Renn
- Andy McIlvain
- Feb 15, 2024
- 1 min read
Video from Doxalogic Podcast
Navigating an Anti-Christian World: An Interview with Aaron Renn
The Three Worlds of Evangelism
"American evangelicalism is deeply divided. Some evangelicals have embraced the secular turn toward social justice activism, particularly around race and immigration, accusing others of failing to reckon with the church’s racist past. Others charge evangelical elites with going “woke” and having failed their flocks. Some elites are denounced for abandoning historic Christian teachings on sexuality. Others face claims of hypocrisy for supporting the serial adulterer Donald Trump. Old alliances are dissolving. Former Southern Baptist agency head Russell Moore has left his denomination. Political pundit David French has become a fearsome critic of many religious conservatives who would once have been his allies. Baptist professor Owen Strachan left an establishment seminary to take a leadership position in a startup one. Some people are deconstructing their faith and leaving evangelicalism, or even Christianity, behind. Where once there was a culture war between Christianity and secular society, today there is a culture war within evangelicalism itself.
These divisions do not only represent theological differences. They also result from particular strategies of public engagement that developed over the last few decades, as the standing of Christianity has gradually eroded.
Within the story of American secularization, there have been three distinct stages:.." from the article: The Three Worlds of Evangelism
Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture by Aaron Renn (link)
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