Why Conservative Christians are Gravitating Toward 50-Year-Old Ideas
There’s a new wave of young conservative Christian activists trumpeting old ideas like these:
^IVF and birth control are ungodly
^Women should become tradwives
^”Gay Christian” is an oxymoron
^Only men can be leaders at home and in church
^People should have the most children possible—and early
To borrow from the great theologian LL Cool J, “Don’t call it a comeback. These ideas have been here for years.” Decades actually.
Young conservative Christians are merely reheating arguments and ideas their forbears innovated during the rise of the Religious Right in the 1970s.
Last week, I was interviewed for an article at The Atlantic that explored this phenomenon through the lens of one popular evangelical commentator, Allie Beth Stuckey. I stated that Allie Beth is just reheating talking points from Phyliis Schlafly. (If you don’t know who Schlafly is, check out the mini-series with Cate Blanchett on Hulu.)
What’s going on and why are so many young Christians gravitating toward old ideas?
Read the full article at The Atlantic and watch the video below.