The rise and fall—and rise?—of Christian nationalism

Did the 2016 election portend the rise of Christian nationalism?

Only two years ago, the percentage of Americans who identified being a Christian with being an American had dropped precipitously from its post-September 11 hike.

Just one-third of Americans in 2014 said being Christian was very important to being a “true American.” That was down from the nearly half of Americans who felt that way in 2004, the General Social Survey found.

U.S. Lutheran seminary returns rare manuscript to Greek Orthodox Church

It was an “act of ecumenism” and a true gift—since the giver could not receive anything of equal value in return.

That’s how Archbishop Demetrios, head of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, and James Nieman, president of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, described the school’s decision to send a ninth-century New Testament manuscript back to the Greek monastery where it resided for centuries.

Here I Am

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A Novel

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by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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War is Beautiful

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The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict

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By David Shields
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powerHouse Books
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Youngblood

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A Novel

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By Matt Gallagher
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Atria Books
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