The very first review (published just this week) from an academic journal comes from:
Stroup, J. (2012), Mainline Christianity: the Past and Future of
America's Majority Faith. By Jason S. Lantzer . New York: New York
University Press, 2012. Pp. ix + 188. Paper, $24.00. Religious Studies
Review, 38: 186. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0922.2012.01630_4.x
I enjoyed the part when Prof. Stroup said "Lantzer goes beyond D. Kelley and D. Sehat, examining the shrinking
importance of mainline denominations (Congregational/United Churches of
Christ, Episcopal, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Presbyterian
Church (USA), United Methodist, American Baptist, Disciples of Christ),
proposing a “diversifying” revision of what mainline status implies now." As well as "Of interest is the material on democracy as
Christian decline (Catholic Rightists Kuehnelt-Leddihn and Molnar
vindicated?), the section on H. Fosdick, and the discussion of J.
Forman's coupling of “armed struggle” with demanding $3,000,000,000
(which episode the knowing reader will be tempted to take as only one of
many indications of how thoroughly Protestantism has lost any clear
sense of purpose)."
And while there is also plenty of critique in the short review, how can any author take issue with someone who makes suggestion for "The next edition"?
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