Much as I want to explore Lindbergh's life, I'm also interested in how more religious (not just spiritual) Americans responded to it. As you might expect, the adoration and worship of a “new Christ” scandalized some Christians.
Writing in the Methodist newspaper The Christian Advocate that December, journalist Silas Bent lumped Lindbergh together with baseball star Babe Ruth and heavyweight boxers Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney: popular “demi-gods” who all served as “outstanding instances in this year of our Lord of the recrudescence of paganism.”
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