November 25, 2001
From the desk of Jane Galt:Back to God? Another interesting
Back to God?
Another interesting tidbit from the Weekly Standard(subscription may be required): the author says that there is a resurgance of religious orthodoxyamong young people going back at least five years. Basically it attributes the decline in mainline protestantism and the rise in evangelical/orthodox faiths of all stripes to the same feeling I noticed among my mainline classmates: why bother going to a church that rehashes what you heard in sociology class last week, with a dash of feel-good movie of the week flavor to make it go down easier? The kind of religion that strives to incude all possible viewpoints cannot help but be reduced to platitudes that engage no one.
That said, MY classmates (class of 1994) seemed more likely to turn to SD&R than their rosaries. The article seemed somewhat anecdotal to me, but it's based on a longer book that may sport the data. Still, a very interesting read.
Posted by Jane Galt at November 25, 2001 10:03 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links