Stranger in a Strange Land
Seven Years of Culture
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Christians—not only the evangelical variety, but all those who affirm the central tenets of the faith—are distinguished precisely by their disbelief in the ability of humans to think for themselves. The more strenuously, the more proudly a person proclaims that freedom, the more surely, like Raskolnikov, he is in the grip of sin . …Welcome to the magazine for people who don't think for themselves.
In short, we're Sean Wilentz's worst nightmare. (See Wilentz's New York Times op-ed of July 8, "From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America.") But the recognition that our equipment is damaged and that we badly need help doesn't mean that we stop thinking. Indeed, as David Jeffrey suggests on the facing page, that recognition is the beginning of wisdom.
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