[lbo-talk] That shallow American religious piety

[Michael Perelman]

For all their faults, churches do offer what may be the last community
left in the United States.  I play basketball with a couple fundamentalist
preachers -- one of whom plays dirty and cheats.  I'm shocked by the
number of players who are involved in the church and even going to
seminaries.  Based on my limited experience, I do think that community is
a very important component.

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 12:16:04PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Chuck0 wrote:
> 
> >My roommate also reports that the teens she talked to were very open 
> >to new ideas and weren't hostile to somebody who talked to them 
> >about activism.
> 
> I suppose we could take the optimistic view and say that a lot of 
> them are drawn to Xtianity by a dislike of the brutal and alienated 
> world they live in - the heart of a heartless world and all that. But 
> the only nonmarket way of thinking that's in broad circulation is the 
> Jesus racket.
> 
> Doug
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

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