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A new American Christianity

Mark Rienzi (CUA): God and the Profits: Is There Religious Liberty for Money-Makers? Kevin Hartnett on how Evangelical Christianity and conservative politics don't have to go together. Barney Jopson meets the US Christian creationists aiming to construct a new Noah’s ark in the hills of Kentucky. From Time, Elizabeth Dias on the rise of evangelicos. Kristian Petersen interviews James Wellman, Jr., author of Rob Bell and A New American Christianity. David Platt, Francis Chan, Shane Claiborne, and now Kyle Idleman are dominating the Christian best-seller lists by attacking our comfortable Christianity — but is “radical faith” enough? R.R. Reno on religion and public life in America. The first chapter from After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History by David A. Hollinger. Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn: Jesus was the “original hipster”.