Issues November 28, 2016 Issue

The bigger picture of the church

Note: The renowned Protestant religious historian, Martin Marty, coins the term declinism to indicate widespread preoccupation with declining memberships in many denominations. Though he speaks from the perspective of a historian, he could be writing to anyone interested in the long-term welfare of humanity. Professor Marty encourages the reader to question “the almost reflexive use of the rubric ‘decline’ in relation to the western Christian presence.”

By Martin E. Marty

[D]o a search for “mainline Protestant” and “decline” and you will get the picture, millions of times over ….

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