Amy Welborn's asking the hard questions...
My sense is that modern society is very utilitarian. Therefore, to the extent that Christians are no different from anybody else then there is less desire to explore Christianity.
I can think of two remedies: one is "no salvation except thru the Church", which basically promises the consumer something he/she can't get anywhere else. (I think the Church has tried that and feels that argument has lost it's potency.) Or there is Eve Tushnet's solution which is to love Christ and then the Church will be something you love because of its relationship to Him.
But that's the story of all time isn't it? Threat of punishment, or attraction of love? Two ways to come to God.
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