american religion

[SF & P Webb]

three books reviewed

a nation of "switchers," hopping from denomination to denomination, seeking not God but a community that serves our "needs." Utility and aesthetics dominate American religion not just in the pews but in the pulpits, where blue-jeaned "inspirational speakers" preach prosperity on stages cleared of crosses and thump not the Bible but Bruce Wilkinson's bestselling ThePrayer of Jabez.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8168-2003Nov6.html