This piece in the Atlantic is a eyebrow-raiser; a defense of James Dobson, an earnest insistence that "despite its flaws" Evangelicalism has helped many people live better lives, etc…
I'll say this, at least: The public defense of Evangelical culture is no longer able to rest on the assumption of moral superiority. "But it helped them be nicer, doesn't that count for something?" is... a hilarious fallback for fundamentalism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/evangelicals-christianity-james-dobson/677362/
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