"My basic disagreement with [the blog post in question] is not with its call for greater religious knowledge and understanding, including knowledge and understanding of Islam; it’s with the implicit assumption that once we come to know Islam we’ll find that it really teaches the same sorts of things we all believe anyway, that a mosque is basically just a church with a crescent instead of a cross on top."
–– Anthony Lusvardi, SJ, "Islam, Ignorance, and Diversity" via the blog, Whoseover Desires
A very interesting post by Lusvardi about some "on the ground" experiences of Islam in the Middle East and how "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism" figures into contemporary religious indifferentism.
"moralistic therapeutic Deism"
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Yes, indeed, it comes from a book written by a scholar I think you'd like, and one of whose books I read years ago. Name escapes me. Follow the link to Lusvardi's article for more.
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