{"id":258,"date":"2009-03-06T07:59:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T07:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/03\/is-there-an-evangelical-center.html"},"modified":"2009-03-06T07:59:10","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T07:59:10","slug":"is-there-an-evangelical-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/03\/is-there-an-evangelical-center.html","title":{"rendered":"Is There an Evangelical Center?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Washington Times, Julia Duin ponders that question in her article, “Evangelicals ponder Dobson’s successor: New generation looks for leader.<\/a>” <\/p>\n

It has been interesting watching the shift in power: Franklin Graham is no Billy Graham; the Coral Ridge Hour simply shows reruns of the late D. James Kennedy’s sermons; and Robert Schuller Sr. fired Robert Schuller Jr. from the Crystal Cathedral.<\/p>\n

\n

\n“It’s a changing of the guard,” said Brian McLaren, 52, cited in 2005
\nby Time magazine as one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in
\nAmerica.\n<\/p>\n

“There is a possibility the religious right will collapse on itself.
\nOr someone will articulate a new religious center. The evangelical
\ncommunity has been slowly diversifying, and there may not be a center
\nanymore.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No surprise, Richard Land doesn’t agree:<\/p>\n

\n

“Anyone who thinks evangelicals are going away as a social force is smoking something illegal.”\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

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