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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Culture Post of the Day: "Christian Terrorism in Norway?"

Joseph Cumming, Director of the Reconciliation Program of the Center for Faith and Culture at Yale Divinity School, reflects on the recent "Christian" terrorist attack in Norway. He refers to Breivik's distinction between "religious Christianity" and "cultural Christianity," and the challenge that a "tribal" approach to Christianity poses to Christians of faith (and to our relations with others in the world).
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