Recovering Evangelicals #38 – Are we too hard on “Evangelicals”?
The previous three episodes had us unpacking statistics, quotes, and teachings pertaining to Evangelicalism which … really didn’t make Evangelicals look very good at all. It made us wonder if we might be seen as being too hard on Evangelicals. Even “persecuting” them.
And then, the Internet being what it is … delivered up to me in my morning news feed an article in Christianity Today which claimed Evangelicals feel like they’re the most discriminated group, as well as another one that explored stories of persecution of Christians overseas.
In this episode, we look at a Pew Research report which dug into this perception held by people who self-identify as Evangelicals.
And we talk about why they might face discrimination: whether it is indeed discrimination against their religious beliefs, or against the way in which those beliefs are foisted on society. And the sense of privilege which seems to motivate them.
We also look at the horrific stories from far off countries … bombings, killings, beheadings … and whether this is bona fide persecution of Christian belief, or rejection of Western/foreign influences and simple tribalism under the banner of religious belief. Is it a fight over theology, or over control of the country? And isn’t this precisely what’s also going on in America: a fight for control of the country, under the guise of a defense of Christian values?
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