Few ideas are so heavily contested in Christian circles today as the idea of “Christian America” – whether America is that, ever was that, or should be that. The purpose of this workshop will be to allow participates to think historically (in the professional sense) about American’s colonial and early national period. I will not tell participants how to reconstruct our society, but how to use the past wisely. We will explore answers to such questions as how Christian is Americas past, is the “Christian nation” concept helpful or harmful to effective Christian action, and how should history inform our response to the challenges of our age?
Listen to Dan Scalberg’s workshop, “The Search for Christian America: Futile, Fatale, or Fulfilling?”, from the Church & State conference on October 27, 2012 at Multnomah University.
Read a written version of this workshop including bibliographic references.