“One of the things I try to do is take seriously some of the forms of American religion that people consider to be shallow and try and figure out why they have such a strong appeal and tease out the theology they actually represent.” PeopleTryingFormStrongFiguresTheologyAppealsShallowTease Author:Ross Douthat
“The decline of institutional Christianity over the last 40 or 50 years has empowered a side of American religion that has always been there. The sort of do-it-yourself, "create your own Jesus" kind of faith. But, the forms that faith takes do have a real reason they are so appealing.” YearsKindRealReasonLastsFormJesusSidesChristianityDeclineEmpoweredDo It Yourself Author:Ross Douthat
“Every Christian in every time and place is going to be tempted by certain forms of heresy. I'm sure I'm tempted by my own.” ChristianFormCertainMy OwnTemptedHeresy Author:Ross Douthat
“My mother converted when I was 16. She was the driving force behind religion in our family. So, I'm sure I was heavily influenced by that. But, I also was, and still am, convinced by the Catholic churches historical claims to represent the continuity with the early Church that other forms of Western Christianity lack.” StillsFormMotherForceChurchBehindsChristianityClaimsCatholicHistoricalWesternConvincedDrivingOur FamilyContinuityCatholic ChurchDriving Force Author:Ross Douthat
“I think it is fair, in a way, to describe certain forms of Marxism, for instance, as the secular equivalent of a religion. But, I think the same is true, to a certain extent, of secular liberalism as well.” ThinkingWayWellsFormCertainFairsInstanceLiberalismSecularMarxism Author:Ross Douthat
