Are Liberal Christians Becoming Rare?

Responses to the Ross Douthat screed-

Re “Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?,” by Ross Douthat (column, July 15):

As an Episcopal priest, I am concerned not that “liberal Christianity” be saved but that authentic Christianity be practiced.

The “conservative” churches that seem to be flourishing today often conjoin the flag and the cross, operate racially and economically segregated schools, oppose government programs that help the poor, and deny both scientific learning and biblical scholarship.

There has indeed been a lot of foolishness in the Episcopal Church, much of it an outgrowth of the ’60s, as Mr. Douthat rightly says. And while we Episcopalians are certainly smaller and, dare I say, humbler than before, we have greater lay participation and more generous giving today than even in the benchmark days of the 1950s.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/opinion/are-liberal-christians-becoming-rare.html