Why Evangelical Christians Cannot Win: Beck, Patrol, and Civil Religion

September 20th, 2010 | 5 min read

When Andrée Seu wrote that Glenn Beck is a "new creation in Christ," despite the fact that he is a "Mormon and all that," conservative evangelicals responded in an uproar that led to hasty apologies and rebuttals from World Magazine.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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Why Evangelical Christians Cannot Win: Beck, Patrol, and Civil Religion

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