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Is the US a Post-Christian Nation? Here’s What Ross Douthat Thinks

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4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Amid declining church attendance, and cultural storms, do Americans still take faith seriously? "We're a no longer deeply Christian country that is not yet post-Christian and is still heavily influenced by Christianity," says Ross Douthat, a New York Times columnist and author. We also cover the following stories: House Democrats release a new impeachment report. President Trump has a strained exchange with French President Macron. Facing charges over his use of campaign dollars, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., pleads guilty. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesdays, December 4th. I'm Rachel

0:09.0

Del Judas and I'm Kate Trinko. Is America Post-Christian?

0:13.6

Ross Dauthit, New York Times columnist and author,

0:16.7

joins the podcast to discuss how institutional Christianity

0:20.4

is faltering in the US. But while many still practice religion in some way,

0:25.0

Delft it thinks that may not endure forever.

0:28.0

He says,

0:30.0

Religious individualism doesn't fulfill impulses towards community and solidarity,

0:36.0

and it doesn't necessarily work for people when things go really bad.

0:41.0

We'll talk about that and more.

0:43.9

And don't forget, if you do enjoy this podcast, please be sure to leave us a review or a five-star

0:49.4

rating on iTunes and encourage others to subscribe. Now on to our top news.

0:56.2

President Donald Trump had a strained exchange with French President Emmanuel Macron

1:04.8

Macron in a meeting on Tuesday during the NATO summit.

1:07.6

In their exchange, Trump implied that a large majority of captured ISIS fighters are from various countries in Europe, like France and Germany,

1:17.0

while Macron pushed back, saying that many instead come from Syria and Iraq.

1:22.0

Here's what they had to say.

1:23.0

Well I haven't asked that to the president today I have over the period of time.

1:27.0

We have a tremendous amount of captured fighters, ISIS fighters over in Syria.

1:34.4

And they're all under Lock and Key,

1:37.5

but many are from France, many are from Germany,

1:39.5

many are from UK.

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