Jonathan Merritt: Taking the Politics Out of Church
Merritt laments how in his view churches, on the right and left alike, have been corrupted by embracing partisan politics. He prescribes a more hands-off approach that puts spiritual and moral concerns ahead of partisan ones.
Apr 30, 2012
Publisher's Weekly
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Apr 25, 2012
Jonathan Merritt grew up in the inner sanctum of the religious right. With a father (James Merritt) who held the presidency of the 16-million-member Southern Baptist Convention, the author got to know political power brokers such as Jerry Falwell from a young age.
Yet rather than reap the spoils of his A-list connections, he’s taken them to task in A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars (FaithWords/Hachette, May; reviewed in this issue).
Now 29, Merritt laments how in his view churches, on the right and left alike, have been corrupted by embracing partisan politics. He prescribes a more hands-off approach that puts spiritual and moral concerns ahead of partisan ones.
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Apr 30, 2012
Publisher's Weekly
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Apr 25, 2012
Jonathan Merritt grew up in the inner sanctum of the religious right. With a father (James Merritt) who held the presidency of the 16-million-member Southern Baptist Convention, the author got to know political power brokers such as Jerry Falwell from a young age.
Yet rather than reap the spoils of his A-list connections, he’s taken them to task in A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars (FaithWords/Hachette, May; reviewed in this issue).
Now 29, Merritt laments how in his view churches, on the right and left alike, have been corrupted by embracing partisan politics. He prescribes a more hands-off approach that puts spiritual and moral concerns ahead of partisan ones.
Read More