Stockholm Syndrome Christianity By John G. West

 

Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

Why America's Christian Leaders Are Failing

...and What We Can Do About It

By John G. West

Author, filmmaker, and cultural commentator, Dr. John G. West, has written an explosive new book, STOCKHOLM SYNDROME CHRISTIANITY: Why America's Christian Leaders Are Failing - and What We Can Do About It, which has already caused a stir in some circles. Recently, Christianity Today rejected ad placements in its newsletters for the book because they determined that it "may be politically or theologically divisive." Yet in those same newsletters, Christianity Today had previously run multiple ads for a controversial political curriculum written by prominent "Never Trumpers" and funded by left-wing foundations. With a new President in office who is focusing on "In God We Trust," will this syndrome continue as it has for the past four years?

In Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Dr. West poses the question: what if American culture isn't collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it's failing because many leading Christians identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers - much like famous cases of "Stockholm syndrome," such as Patty Hearst, where the captive bonded with her captors. There are many provocative questions posed by Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, which exposes how influential Christian leaders are siding with their anti-Christian cultural captors on everything from biblical authority and science to sex, race, and religious liberty.

Stockholm Syndrome Christianity answers these important questions:

·    Why is "Stockholm Syndrome Christianity" such a problem?

·    How is Biblical authority currently being undermined by leading Christians?

·    How are leading Christians surrendering key Christian beliefs in the name of science?

·    How have some Christian leaders enabled sexual anarchy and the breakdown of the family?

·    How have some churches and Christian leaders adopted anti-Christian views on race and poverty?

·    How have some Christian leaders enabled and even encouraged attacks on religious liberty?

·    How are Christians being manipulated by listening to the wrong voices in our culture?

·    What is the temptation of the "inner ring" warned about by C.S. Lewis, and how does it lead to Stockholm Syndrome Christianity?

·    What is the unexpected reason so many Christian institutions, including colleges, fall away from orthodoxy?

·    What are some practical things we can do to challenge Stockholm Syndrome Christianity?

Christians like to blame atheists and secularists for cultural disintegration; but they need to look at the key role played by their own leaders and institutions. Many Christian leaders now identify more with secular progressives than with the Bible or their fellow believers; however, there are practical things you can do to make sure your family, church, and institutions aren't captured by Stockholm Syndrome Christianity.

In his new book, Dr. West skillfully tackles the most recent cultural dumpster fires threatening Christian institutions and offers detailed examples of how these organizations succumbed to cultural capitulation. Going beyond critique, the book identifies root causes and - most crucially - offers practical strategies to avoid the pitfalls that are leading Christians astray. [more...]

Stockholm Syndrome Christianity is a monumental achievement. Like Megan Basham's Shepherds for Sale, it will infuriate precisely the right people. Every thinking Christian has an obligation to read it to see exactly how ravening wolves entered the fold of Christendom - with the blithe complicity of many shepherds. John West gives us their names and the gruesome details. Will those guilty repent? That is the question.

--Eric Metaxas, New York Times bestselling author & radio host

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. John G. West is Vice President of the Discovery Institute and an award-winning author and filmmaker who has written or edited 12 books, including Darwin Day in America: How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Science. His documentary films include Fire-Maker, Revolutionary, The War on Humans, and (most recently) Human Zoos. West holds a PhD in Government from Claremont Graduate University, and he has been interviewed by media outlets such as CNN, Fox News, Reuters, Time magazine, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Washington Post.