...then you're in trouble.
H. Richard Niebuhr (not his brother, Reinhold) is known for a number of reasons, one of which is this famous quote describing Americanist religion:
He said that it peddled the idea that "a God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross."
This is the Therapeutic religion (as Dreher would have it), and it is a lot more common across denominations than it should be.
HT: Pertinacious
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"...a Christ without a cross."
For instance.
It does explain the numbers at non-denominational churches and the appeal of televangelism. "Don't worry! Be Happy!"
And the Boomers mantra: "All you need is love!"
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