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“George Barna has been the definitive pollster for Evangelical America for almost 3 decades.
krs wrote this review Saturday, June 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I have mixed feelings about this book. The book is directed at an Evangelical audience, and while I think his premise is quite fantastic, he manages to smugly compliment Evangelicals on being "great people" while condescending looking at all other Christians that aren't of his flavor. He does, however, accurately portray the Muslims in this country as fundamentally peaceful, family-oriented people who tend to live their moral standards more than many Christians.
His thesis is simple. Evangelicals are a minority in the USA. Christianity is the majority religion but its adherents differ greatly on fundamental moral and political issues. So it is with every other group. He calls out 7 fundamental "tribes" of faith and philosophy, and makes this point: As much as anyone (especially very conservative Evangelicals) would love to legislate their view of morality into law, that is neither feasible nor advisable. Dr. Barna makes the point that, while all 7 "Faith Tribes" ("No Faith" is one group) have widely different religious differences, we *do* have profoundly similar values. We need to band together around our true common values, he argues. krs concurs. This is sound thinking. Minus 1 star for a haughty self-affirmation of how great Evangelicals are and the opening chapter that sounds a klaxon horn on the dire emergency of the decline of America. Poppycock. Our Republic is not about to topple over. But we do have time to affirm our commonality, if the polemic amongst us can pause and reflect on our unity instead of our differences. -
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