The problem is that, regardless of what our theologies tell us about the purpose of the clergy, the actual effect of the clergy profession is to make…

- Christian Smith

Adults have their own issues and their own problems, which are understandable, and some adults are working through their own adolescent issues.-

- Christian Smith

Evangelicals come from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, but nearly 90 percent of Americans who call themselves evangelicals are white.

- Christian Smith

Human social life, I suggest, is the magma that erupts and builds up, so to speak, at the fault lines where natural human capacities meet and grind a…

- Christian Smith

The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In actual…

- Christian Smith