The inner-city has no shortage of well-meaning but self-righteous panacea peddlers who are sure that their federal program or militant organization is just the answer for the area's problems. The Christian ghetto seems overrun with the same sort these days. Whatever the pet issue might be--courtship, "couch-time", homeschooling, the newest Christian diet fad--these individuals are sure that it's just what the Christian ghetto needs to have some real urban renewal. And if you can't see it then you're "missing it," which is the Christian ideologue's equivalent to calling someone a reactionary.
Jenefer Igarashi, the editor of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, captures this issue so well in her recent article, Why My Way is the Only Godly Way.
I especially like this:
"Then we should talk about modesty. I know everything there is to know about modesty on account of a book that I read at last year's Ladies Church Retreat. We should talk about it, because if you haven't read this book, then you have no idea how ungodly you probably are."
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