The End of Christian America

Is Christianity in America truly dying? Well, the answer might not be black and white, but you might find some insightful highlights from this Newsweek article on the topic. Here are a few morsels:

• The proportion of Americans who think religion "can answer all or most of today's problems" is now at a historic low of 48 percent.
• If we apply an Augustinian test of nationhood to ourselves, we find that liberty, not religion, is what holds us together. In "The City of God," Augustine —converted sinner and bishop of Hippo—said that a nation should be defined as "a multitude of rational beings in common agreement as to the objects of their love." What we value most highly—what we collectively love most—is thus the central test of the social contract. (my emphasis added)
  
• How to balance concern for the garden of the church with the moral imperatives to make gentle the life of the world is one of the most perplexing questions facing the church.

A few good things to consider as we celebrate the life, death and resurrection of the one who came to our small planet to change everything.