The Religion News
Service (RSN) has done us all a huge service by publishing an extensive report
on meetings between President Trump and an assortment of what Americans tend to
call “white Evangelicals.” Here’s the
bibliographics of the document:
and“All the president’s clergymen: A close look at Trump’s
‘unprecedented’ ties with evangelicals.” Religion News Service, September 5, 2017.
I am merely sharing
the URL of these events—yes, “events,” plural—so you can read all about them.
Basically, I am doing the same thing these RSN writers have done—passing on
info and leave the choice as to what to do with it or how to interpret it all
with you.
I will say, however, that I do not feel
these guys and gals represent me, a Reformational writer. If you want to get a
feel of a writer like me, read back posts of this blog or go to my website <
www.SocialTheology.com >.
I am always concerned
that this blog not appear too American or deals with too many American issues.
The point is, that American affairs affect Canada more that most of us like.
Probably the biggest influence of these American events on us is the way we
Canadians interpret them, especially the Canadian media. They are so ignorant
of religion in general, it stinks. They are even more ignorant of what they
regard as the Evangelical religion of the American south—and even more
prejudiced against it. They pass on their wretched interpretation to us so that
we react to that interpretation rather than to that community itself. There’s a whole firewall between that
community and us. Its first name is “Canadian media;” its last, “Liberal.”
So, on the face of
it, a short post. If you open up the URL above, it is pretty long.
What do you think of
these meetings and the concerns broached in them?
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