Private Faith
What do these people have in common? French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President Barack Obama on 8 Nov 2011. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer on 29 Mar 2011. Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson on July 6 2008.
Do a Google search on the phrase “is not a Christian” and two criteria will compete for first place in denying people a Christian identity.
Watch TV or read the newspaper for any length of time and notice how often people talk about “making sense” of an experience or “giving meaning” to some event– often tragic. Copyright RNS. Use here in critical commentary is considered fair use.
