Another Hymn of Worship to the State
July 4, 2017
It is bad enough that some churches sing hymns of worship to the state on the Sunday before national holidays. It is even worse when a new hymn of worship to the state is written and adopted by churches. The newest one is called “Make America Great Again.” Pure blasphemy.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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