ByDavid Davenport,
Contributor.
“My country ‘tis of Thee, sweet land of Secularity” will be our new national hymn as America enters the uncharted territory of a post-Christian era. Long known as “a Christian nation,” the U.S. has turned sharply in a secular direction, thanks to the trickle-down
influence of elites and handed-down dictates from courts. This historic shift will affect everything from elections to education to ethics and beyond.
How can a nation be Christian (or post-Christian) in the first place? America has never been a theocracy, following the direct rule of God in the manner of the Islamic Republic of Iran or the Vatican (or Israel in Old Testament times). Rather America has been referred to as a Christian nation because of the core beliefs and world view of a majority of its people and an acknowledgement of God by its public leaders and symbols. But as Americans, especially the young, move away from faith in large numbers, and courts [...]
Who is Chris Forbes? Chris Forbes is a Lecturer in Ancient History. His fields of research and teaching focus on New Testament history, Alexander the Great and Hellenistic history, Graeco-Roman History of Ideas and intersection of early Christianity and Graeco-Roman culture. Forbes research is in the relationship
between religion and philosophy in Graeco-Roman thought. He gained his BA Dip.Ed. in Ancient History at Macquarie in 1978, and PhD in Ancient History in 1987.
What is USA? The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America. It is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), the United States is the world's third or
fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles (10.1 million km2). With a population of over 327 million people, the US is the third most populous country.
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