For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans

[Dave Wilton]

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> As an adherent of a fringe-Christian faith (Mormonism), i've been
> watching the recent drift of "Christian". It seems to me that what Paul
> Johnson attributes to North Central Arkansas is much more widespread in
> (at least) the United States than that, where a lot of people are
> starting to use "Christian" to mean specifically what used to be called
> "nondenominational Christian", especially the evangelical and socially
> conservative sort.

An excellent book on the topic is "Stealing Jesus" by Bruce Bawer. It
addresses the wider socialogical and theological implications of the trend,
of which the drift of "Christian" is only a symptom.

--Dave Wilton
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  http://www.wilton.net