My recent posts challenging the standard “culture war” narrative (here) and addressing the caricaturing of conservative evangelicals (here and here) stirred up some conversation — a conversation that’s been illuminating for me.
Some of my progressive Christian friends (most of whom responded very appreciatively to these posts) seem to have been laboring under the very sincere conviction that a conservative Christian who complains of caricaturing or scorn is hugely over-reacting. After all, it’s the Christian Right that is strident, rancorous and conspiratorial, while liberals are thoughtful and compassionate and “evidence-based.” Certainly the rivers of scorn run overwhelmingly, they believe, from Right to Left?
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