He astutely asks "Can Christianity be saved from the Christians?" And just as astutely, he answers that the answer to this question...
is not going to be found coming from [athiestic] people like Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris et al. Instead that answer may be found in the life and work of Christians such as former president Jimmy Carter, President Obama, the late writer John Updike, and other public figures from Desmond Tutu to Nelson Mandela who's faith can be taken seriously because of the moral authority given them by their achievements outside the realm of theology.Read the essay and ask who Schaeffer is leaving out altogether. Yes, not a single mention of any woman whatsoever. Do women play no role at all in the discussion? I first heard Schaeffer on this subject recently as a guest on Rachel Maddow's show, but why no mention of women in politics, in atheism, or in Christianity who may damn or save the religion from without or within? Who do you think of when thinking of an answer to the question, "Can Christianity be saved from the Christians?"
