I guess it has to do with the decline in the mainline Protestant churches, although the Catholic churches seem to go both ways.
What is the attractiveness of the Evangelical faith. Ordinary consumer behavior would suggest that the working-class people would want to partake of the same religion as their more affluent brethren. Of course, I'm out of my league here. On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 05:38:24PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: > michael perelman wrote: > > >Of course, the right wing churches are already there. Where is the > >social gospel???? > > Well there's your problem - the right wing churches are big complex > organizations, and the social gospel is mostly a form of discourse. > Organization wins most of the time. > > Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
