[KC Burke]

Conservatism is more than just politics. It is a world view and cultural lens. The above non-denominational book discusses a growing trend in mainline Christian and Jewish denominations to throw out Modernity and Liberalism and to stand upon Orthodoxy.

Haven’t you wanted to read a David Horowitz style conversion of a top Professor of Religion from a mainline denomination?

This isn’t posted in religion as it is predominantly a conservative work, only about religion. The similar story is told by Horowitz in politics, and hopefully soon by someone in academia, sociology and other fields.

In his own personal history, which is only a small part of the book, he shows how similar his background, schooling and perverse philosophy he was to Hillary Clinton, for instance! Damn, this is a great book.

He takes us down the path which shows, for one example, that the world Anglican turn to orthodoxy by a nine to one margin at the Lambeth Conference is what we should be focusing on and not the political farce of one ECUSA action to advance the homosexual agenda. He shows how the once leading leftist-liberal mainstream denomination, the Methodists, are having a reversal and major move toward orthodoxy. He shows the political perversion of the World Council of Churches and other, so-called, ecumenical movements of the left and charts their downfalls. He shows how this movement is in Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish traditions and what we can hope for if the laymen and laywomen just get busy.

Finally to my friends outside these traditions, it shows how the high-jacking of Christian of true Christian sentiment by leftist sentimentality was done and how it is coming to an end, an historical and social story that all conservatives and libertarians should find of interest.

[KC Burke]

Reading assignment.

I happened upon one copy of this at Barnes and Noble while on vacation and it blew me away. It utilizes first millineum ecuminical principles that settled the early and major problems in Christianity to renew our mainline denominations perverted by modernity and liberalism.

[EBITDA]

Very interesting, Thanks for the heads up. He is right that we should be focusing on the 9 to 1 margin at lambeth and not the hijacking of the ECUSA.

I'm looking forward to a very good read.

[Dumb_Ox]

The modern idea of diversity is less diverse than the ancient ecumenical idea of eccumene. The classic concept of eccumene. (universal, the whole world) spans many generations—even milleninia—while the modern idea of diversity spans but a single century (or more likely only a slice of that – one generation, or one subset of on generation, such as a particular coterie of youth culture).

A point I wish I had thought of, myself. Modern diversity is an ahistorical humanism.

[gore3000]

The contrast continues: the modern conceit of tolerance is less tolerant than the ancient ecumenical ethic of long-suffering forbearance.

PC ness is certainly not tolerance, it is a straight jacket for the mind. Tolerance is an attitude, not a dogma. It is imposed from within, not without.

[KC Burke]

You should read this thread and get a copy of this book. He discusses the concept of the utility of mainline denomination schism.

In part, he points out that first milineum Christianity survived even the denial of the Incarnation for almost a century by the strength of layity and lower orders steadfastness, even to the point of martyrdom, thereby having the church return to its Apostolic truth. That is only a small part of the points he makes on that subject.

The book will give you heart and ideas that you may welcome.

[johnb838]

Like balm for a weary soul. Until we re-embrace the profound in our past, there will BE no originality. The left (Hollywood) repeats its threadbare cynical story again and again and again. No one cares. No one is listening. The only think *I* care about Christmas is that I'll be in church. Other than that I can do without holidays. Except for Easter, and we need to revive that Traditional Feast as well because it doesn't seem like many embrace it any more.