About this episode
The episode discusses the cultural shift in Christianity and the influence of mainline Protestant denominations on society.
A recent article announced a shift, some call it vibe, others a mood, that is making Christianity more acceptable or less appealing than it used to be in Aaron Renn's " negative world ." This is related to a question of what influence churches have on a society and its culture. Aaron Renn interviewed several leaders among the effort to take back the mainline Protestant denominations (from a fall that everyone acknowledges but does not necessarily measure). One of the reasons for looking to these churches instead of the Presbyterian Church in America, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, or the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, is that the mainline denominations have more status than the sideline alternatives, and therefore are more likely to promote Christianity beyond the church to the culture more generally. The pudcast co-hosts, Korey Maas (Lutheran), Miles Smith (Anglican), and D. G. Hart (Presbyterian) discuss these matters, even with some attention to the church's influence on the Roman empire and much later on American society during the early national period. In the latter case, Ross Douthat's comments in an interview (read in the recording) about low-church Protestantism's…
People in this episode
Hosts: Korey Maas, Miles Smith, D. G. Hart
Topics covered
- Cultural Christianity
- Church influence
- Mainline Protestantism
- Christianity in society
- Low-church Protestantism
- Historical influence of Christianity
Keywords
- Cultural Christianity
- Aaron Renn
- mainline Protestant
- church influence
- Ross Douthat
- low-church Protestantism
- Christianity
- society
- historical influence
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Presbyterian Church in America, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Orthodox Presbyterian Church, mainline Protestant denominations
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