Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?
The New York Times’ Ross Douthat links the liberalization of American mainline churches with their continued decline in membership. Douthat cites the Episcopal Church as the prime example of this phenomenon, noting that the church is “friendly to sexual liberation in almost every form, willing to blend Christianity with other faiths, and eager to downplay theology entirely in favor of secular political causes.” Yet Douthat argues that the Episcopal Church offers nothing “you can’t already get from a purely secular liberalism.”