Words can change the atmosphere. In a recent conversation, I felt the air changing. Scholars spoke about strengthening faith in America. We easily agreed on early ideas: Our connections deepened as we focused on solving social issues that affect us all. As long as we remained at the top of the casual conversational funnel, it appeared we were all the same, all aligned, perhaps even all of one accord.
But things shifted when we talked about how our theological convictions aligned with our social engagement. Small differences in temperature became noticeable as we spoke more specifically, discussing, for instance, how
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