In a curiously titled (“Congregations Gone Wild“) op-ed piece for the New York Times, pastor Jeffrey MacDonald bemoans the pressures that now assail the American clergy. What are these pressures? Entertaining the flock. Selling religion as a commodity for comfortable consumers-parishioners.
Despite the title tease alluding to a sophomoric video series in which college-aged women bare [...]
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Death of a Pastoral Salesman
August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Cultural Evolution, Economy, Globalization, New Religions, Ritual
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