Compassionate Christian authoritarianism: The leftist utopia the right thinks will save the church
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Compassionate Christian authoritarianism: The leftist utopia the right thinks will save the church

Salon  

Last week, The Atlantic published a plan to reverse Christianity's decline in popularity. Rather than draw on the experiences of any of those actual people, Meador writes about the hypothetical experiences of a couple of "composite characters" from a forthcoming Christian book called "The Great Dechurching." They are not going to suddenly build a well-functioning safety net — much less a Marxist utopia — if their religion takes even more power over people's lives. He's also aware that many people give up belief less dramatically, "less like jumping off a cliff and more like driving down a slope." In May, Pillen vetoed millions of dollars of social safety net spending from the state's already "austere" Republican-drafted budget.

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