Respond and Engage! There are a myriad of historical, demographic, economic, Samuel L. Perry<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and two books,\u00a0Addicted to Lust<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Growing God’s Family.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n GUEST: Evan H. Caminker<\/a><\/strong> is the Branch Rickey Collegiate Professor of Law<\/em>, and served as dean of the University of Michigan Law School from 2003 to 2013. Professor Caminker writes, teaches, and litigates about various issues of American constitutional law, including individual rights, allocation of governmental powers, and judicial decision-making. He received his BA in political economy and environmental studies, summa cum laude<\/em>, from UCLA and his JD from Yale Law School. He clerked for Justice William Brennan Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court and for The Hon. William Norris of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the report, three-quarters (72%) of Protestant pastors identify the impact of \u201cwatered down gospel teachings\u201d on Christianity in the U.S. as a major concern. That’s especially true for pastors in non-mainline denominations (78%). Mainline pastors (59%) are less concerned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n About two-thirds (66%) of pastors say a major concern for Christianity is \u201cculture\u2019s shift to a secular age,” followed by 63% who identified “poor discipleship models” as a major concern and 58% who named “addressing complex social issues with biblical integrity,” the survey says.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n LISTEN LIVE AT 1:00 PM ET Respond and Engage!TALK TO PAUL ON-AIR: 313.272.5600 GUEST: Samuel Perry on Taking America Back for God There are a myriad of historical, demographic, economic, and technological factors contributing to our increasing polarization on issues … Continue reading
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and technological factors contributing to our increasing polarization
on issues of race, family, religion, gender, human rights, the environment, taxes, and so on. There is no silver- bullet explanation, and we don\u2019t intend to offer one here. Our goal in this book [Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States<\/em><\/a><\/strong>] is to thoroughly explore one factor that, as we will show, plays a large, unique, but often unrecognized (and at times, misrecognized) role in our nation\u2019s current cultural and political conflicts. That factor is Christian nationalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/samuel_perry-1.jpg\")
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