{"id":6477,"date":"2010-06-28T14:57:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T14:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/06\/are-christians-really.html"},"modified":"2010-06-28T14:57:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T14:57:10","slug":"are-christians-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/06\/are-christians-really.html","title":{"rendered":"Are Christians Really….?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BREWright.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>I’ve got a new book sitting here that will be a dynamic book to read and blog about. It’s by one of my favorite bloggers who has written what I think is one of the most encouraging and myth-busting books of the last two decades. The book is by Bradley R.E. Wright, he’s a professor at the University of Connecticut where he teaches sociology. <\/p>\n

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Wright’s book is called: Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites…and Other Lies You’ve Been Told: A Sociologist Shatters Myths From the Secular and Christian Media<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n
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I’ve been following Brad’s work for some time, and I’m thrilled about this book. So thrilled I wrote this blurb:<\/div>\n
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Buy this book and read it carefully. Then buy one more and give it to your best friend and ask that person to do the same thing. I hope this book goes viral because it shows that there’s lots of good news when it comes to the condition of the Church in the West.<\/i><\/div>\n

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Thursday we will begin a series on this book, and I hope you get this book, read it carefully and join in the conversation of myth-busting. Which myths? He’s got nine myths to bust and we’ll get to them Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The book has significant endorsements: Christian Smith, Rodney Stark, Philip Jenkins and Mark Regnerus. The book is rooted in rock-solid social-scientific data. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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