When It Comes to Israel, Moderate Democrats Are Now Under the Sway of Progressives
An Israeli’s perspective.
October 30, 2019
Only lukewarm Christianity seems to be losing ground.
“In the U.S., the decline of Christianity continues at a rapid pace,” read the press release attached to a Pew Research Center survey of American religiosity. But Ross Douthat cautions against jumping to conclusions about the triumph of secularism: first, because various forms of post-Christian spirituality and religiosity seem to be rushing to fill the gap and, second, because the signs of shrinking Christian affiliation are of a particular kind. He writes:
An Israeli’s perspective.
Better than giving $70,000 a year to an institution where anti-Zionism flourishes.
Only lukewarm Christianity seems to be losing ground.
The idea that the USSR ever constituted any kind of “homeland” for any Jewish person is an infamy.
A once-prosperous part of a diverse society.
“In the U.S., the decline of Christianity continues at a rapid pace,” read the press release attached to a Pew Research Center survey of American religiosity. But Ross Douthat cautions against jumping to conclusions about the triumph of secularism: first, because various forms of post-Christian spirituality and religiosity seem to be rushing to fill the gap and, second, because the signs of shrinking Christian affiliation are of a particular kind. He writes:
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