And yet, to the extent Wallace-Wells’s portrait of Romney accurately reflects the man’s relationship to his faith, it seems to me a pretty accurate description of the way many conservative American Christians live: Christianity as what successful bourgeois people do. Follow the rules, conform, and you will have success in life. The thing is, there’s some truth in that. If your religion helps you to learn self-discipline, the habits of good stewardship, modesty, and communal devotion, then whether it’s true or not, it will leave you and your children better off. Note well that this is a sociological point, not a theological one. Despite the strange theology of the Mormon religion, it seems to me in practice to be close to how conservative American Christians of all churches live...NYMag - Mitt’s Stake
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