Culture, faith collide in America

Although 90 percent of Americans claim a belief in God, public expression of faith is more contentious than ever. Even as discussion of religion floods the media like never before, the rhetoric is divisive and hyper. Fed up with the angry, strident language filling the airwaves that has come to represent the Christian faith, author, director, and follower Dan Merchant set out to explore the collision of faith and culture in America. What is all this fighting really about? The effort led to “Lord, Save Us from Your Followers.” Here’s an excerpt:

I think America has become a bumper sticker culture — we’re way too comfortable with one-way communication. We like to tell people what we think, but we don’t like to listen and I fear we’ve lost the fine art of conversation … which explains why I’m standing in Times Square at 11:15 on a Tuesday night in December dressed like a human bumper sticker.

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~ by kingstonstone on April 25, 2008.