tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918924049749483704.post2482641991992913604..comments2023-11-19T00:00:58.164-05:00Comments on Pryor Thoughts: American Evangelical Protestantism, Modern Business Methods, and the God Who Is Nicepryorthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18077521279953292684noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918924049749483704.post-43690618433861399572012-03-26T10:46:47.568-04:002012-03-26T10:46:47.568-04:00Interesting report - not sure this is the whole st...Interesting report - not sure this is the whole story. I am reminded of Mark Noll and his book on The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, where issues of Biblical interpretation about slavery led to a war, which the theologians and Bible scholars could not resolve. God was not very "nice" back in the mid 1800's, but the implication of Noll's work was that God had gotten pretty far away and disconnected from the lives of people.<br /><br />All of this to say, merely, that I don't think that "therapeutic deism" will give us all that much help in understanding either Luhrman or our current situation, or still more, help in developing better categories than Luhrmann uses in the study of prayer.<br /><br />I will look for Berger's review. John M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com