The author should have caused me to skip the article.
The author should have caused me to skip the article. Nevertheless, it's still interesting, if only for its inability to see itself (in so many ways), and maybe for a few insights into the inner minds of American "evangelicals" and their internal mythologies.
I mean, it's great that they started out opposing slavery, and all, but that seems to have been the one potentially unassailable thing attributable to them. (I'm pretty sure there were others that were not "evangelical" who opposed slavery, too.)
It's a very long article, with ample opportunities to wonder about the author and his flaws amidst the interesting tidbits of information. It changes nothing about my opinions.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/
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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/
I mean, it's great that they started out opposing slavery, and all, but that seems to have been the one potentially unassailable thing attributable to them. (I'm pretty sure there were others that were not "evangelical" who opposed slavery, too.)
It's a very long article, with ample opportunities to wonder about the author and his flaws amidst the interesting tidbits of information. It changes nothing about my opinions.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/
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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/
I agree with you about the author and therefore will not bother reading. 😊
ReplyDeleteOf course, American Catholics routinely ignore Catholic social thought. But at least they have it. Evangelicals lack a similar tradition of their own to disregard.
ReplyDeleteThat is a master-class example of the double-sided multi-target backhand, right there.
I haven't read the full article, but I think it missed a step when it failed to link Trump's materialism to prosperity theology.
ReplyDeleteIt misses many steps, to be sure. Having noticed the author after reading, it just gave some context to the hypocrisy and illogic throughout. Plus, at this point in my life, the mere fact that someone has attended Wheaton or several other schools makes me immediately distrustful of them.
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