A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

Religious trend-spotting

Interesting interview with Philip Jenkins, probably best known for his excellent The Next Christendom, on the future of Christianity, Islam in Europe, terrorism, American religiosity, etc.

The thing I like about Jenkins is that, although he tends to write for conservative publications, he strikes me as first and foremost a patient social scientist, not someone with an ideological axe to grind.

2 responses to “Religious trend-spotting”

  1. This sounds like a very interesting read.

  2. Lee, I agree with your assessment. I just finished The Next Christendom and pretty much thought exactly what you wrote. It lends credence to his scholarship.

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