Harold Meyerson’s piece today echoes earlier sentiments from Charles Krauthammer. Both men are concerned about the role religion is playing in today’s Republican party. Meyerson: “We’ve seen this kind of Christianity before in America. It’s more tribal than religious, and it surges at those times when our country is growing more diverse and economic opportunity is not abounding. At its height in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was chiefly the political expression of nativist Protestants upset by the growing ranks of Catholics in their midst.”
Gospel’s Own Party
Harold Meyerson’s piece today echoes earlier sentiments from Charles Krauthammer. Both men are concerned about the role religion is playing in today’s Republican party. Meyerson: “We’ve seen this kind of Christianity before in America. It’s more tribal than religious, and it surges at those times when our country is growing more diverse and economic opportunity […]
