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Calling out ‘American Evangelicalism’

CuratedBAPTISTS TODAY  |  February 1, 2016

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It is time, way past time, to call out “American Evangelicalism” for what it is: a political movement that simply baptizes hard-right, secular political ideology in some religious varnish.

Hence, my intentional identification of this movement sans the words “Christian” or “Christianity” since it has nothing to do with the life and teachings of Jesus.

 

Tags:EvangelicalFamily ValuesJohn Pierceseparation of church and statePoliticsAmerican EvangelicalismBaptists Today
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