“It's clearly the case that there's not some moment in American history when every evangelical is holding hands with every Catholic who is holding hands with every mainline Methodist, or what have you. Obviously, American Christianity was deeply divided in all kinds of ways at mid-century too. But there was a kind of convergence going on. Even though Reinhold Niebuhr, the great mainline Protestant theologian, didn't think highly of Billy Graham, he and Graham still, clearly, had more in common, both theologically and in their attitudes toward religion in public life.” ThinkingWayKindStillsMomentsHandsCommonAttitudeChristianityCasesCenturyCatholicAll KindsDividedAmerican HistoryTheologianPublic LifeProtestantsEvangelicalHolding HandsMethodistsConvergence 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 that secular liberals need to recognize that they are still, often, hanging their worldview on what are metaphysical ideas.” ThinkingNeedsStillsIdeasSecularMetaphysicalWorldview Author:Ross Douthat
“The idea of universal human rights may not seem as weird to some people as the idea of a personal God, but it is still a metaphysical idea that liberalism, at least as we know it, couldn't really survive without.” PeopleKnowsHumansMayStillsIdeasSeemsRightsUniversalHuman RightsLiberalismMetaphysical Author:Ross Douthat
