Religion Quotes by James Davison Hunter

8 Religion quotes by James Davison Hunter

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James Davison Hunter’s cultural take on religion appears in eight brief quotes, each offering a sharp glimpse of his analytical view. This modest set provides a quick taste of his sociological insight.

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“There is little taste for 'high culture' especially in Evangelicalism, where the tendency has long been toward translation - making things accessible…

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The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist…

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“A final irony has to do with the idea of political responsibility. Christians are urged to vote and become involved in politics…

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“In the seeker-church movement the emphasis away from the use and explication of creedal confession is obvious, since the whole point is…

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But the consequences of the whole-hearted and uncritical embrace of politics by Christians has been, IN EFFECT, to reduce Christian faith to…

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“overall, the populist orientation of Evangelical cultural production reflects the most kitschy expressions of consumerism”

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“The cultural capital American Christianity has amassed simply cannot be leveraged where it matters most.”

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“Another way to describe the dilemma for religious faith is that pluralism creates social conditions in which God is no longer an…

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“pluralism today—at least in America—exists without a dominant culture,”

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“ideas are not free-floating in consciousness but are grounded in the social world in the most concrete ways.”

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“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want virtue but…

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“idealism ignores the way culture is generated,”

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“There is little taste for 'high culture' especially in Evangelicalism, where the tendency has long been toward translation - making things accessible to the…

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“the character of American civilization is a bundle of contradictions,”

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“faithfulness works itself out in the context of complex social, political, economic, and cultural forces that prevail at a particular time and place.”

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“idealism mistakenly imputes a logic and rationality to culture”

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The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist or not...…

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“A final irony has to do with the idea of political responsibility. Christians are urged to vote and become involved in politics as an…

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“idealism misconstrues agency, implying the capacity to bring about influence where that capacity may not exist or where it may only be weak.”

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“In the seeker-church movement the emphasis away from the use and explication of creedal confession is obvious, since the whole point is to focus…

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If Christians cannot extend grace through faithful presence within the body of believers, they will not be able to extend grace to those outside.

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“culture is as much an infrastructure as it is ideas.”

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“What is even more striking than the negational character of this political culture is the absence of robust and constructive affirmations. Vibrant cultures make…

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