Overboard?

Lest some of my readers think I went a bit overboard in my Memorial Day post that denounced American Christianity’s tendency to cuddle up on the couch with American civil religion, do check out these two posts about a new series of Bibles marketed for U.S. soldiers. The back cover of the bibles reads, “The book that defines true liberty and freedom for all time,” underneath an American flag. And do check out the list of “additional features” listed on the back cover.

Did I merely provide caricature of American Christianity? Or do many American Christians truly not know the difference between patriotism and nationalism? I’ll be writing more on that “distinction” soon. (I do think a distinction should be made, though there are problems with merely stating that there is a distinction.)

Despite the differing opinions that have been expressed on the topic of American Christian patriotism, we can hopefully agree that the above example is nothing short of blasphemy.