Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics

from deusvitae

An exploration into the current state of Christianity in America by exploring its recent history suggesting the downfall of Christian institutions and the prevalence of heresies are responsible for many of the challenges being experienced by Christianity today. Douthat begins with the last moment...

from bsanner

While I don't agree with every detail of Douthat's analysis, I was pleasantly surprised by the insights he unpacks here. "America's problem," Douthat argues, "isn't too much religion, or too little of it. It's bad religion: the slow motion collapse of traditional Christianity and the rise of a va...

from dcunning11235

Sick of endless talking heads calling down damnation on anyone who believes people in a rich country should have more-or-less free access to more-or-less quality health care? Aghast at how so much religion is little more than a spray-tanned set of pearly-whites selling, selling, selling, selling ...

from homericgeek

Douthat's book is a brief look at the state of Christianity, today. He argues that heresy has always been a part of the Christian religion and has often helped orthodoxy to strengthen its stance; but that now, heresy has taken over and orthodox religion has taken a back seat. Most of his focus se...

from anthonywillard

Ross Douthat's book contains two sections of unequal quality. The first roughly half of the book is a history of American Christianity from about the beginning of the twentieth century, emphasizing the post-World War II period until about 1970. This section conveys a lot of information that meshe...