{"id":990,"date":"2010-09-02T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/09\/quote-of-the-day-bob-cargill\/"},"modified":"2010-09-02T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T08:52:00","slug":"quote-of-the-day-bob-cargill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/09\/quote-of-the-day-bob-cargill.html","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day (Bob Cargill)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
\u201cThe problem with American civil religion is that it reduces faith to a particular brand of nationalism, which is precisely the opposite of the message preached by Jesus and the prophets of the Hebrew Bible. By ignoring passages about social justice and community and highlighting appeals to individual liberties, Deuteronomistic theology, the Exodus, and conquest narratives, Beck attempted to weave together a generic, nationalistic religion that he hopes will appeal to the lowest common denominator of both faith and politics \u2013 personal \u2018salvation\u2019 via individual liberties \u2013 and overlook the more pervasive themes of social justice, equality, and community \u2013 which all people of faith are called to do! We are called to live together in community together as one body, not as rugged individuals.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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