The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg Cross and Country
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Jan 8, 2025 Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and best-selling author, discusses his book Cross Purposes, which argues that democracy thrives on strong Christian institutions. He probes the decline of religious affiliation and its ties to hyper-partisanship and loneliness in America. Rauch emphasizes the need for a balance between Christianity and secular thought, exploring how diverse identities can stabilize society. He also highlights the civic engagement strategies of the LDS Church as a model for promoting democratic values.
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Ungovernable America
- America is becoming ungovernable due to the failure of white Protestant Christianity.
- The Founding Fathers understood the need for faith as a substrate for liberalism.
Substitute Religions
- Extreme hyper-partisanship and MAGA are substitute religions.
- The left also makes politics a religion, making this an ecumenical problem.
Church as Social Hub
- When Jonathan Rauch was young, people commonly asked about church affiliation, not schools or jobs.
- This illustrates the former prominence of religion in social life.
