Among the tastemakers and power brokers and intellectual agenda setters of late-twentieth-century America, orthodox Christianity was completely déclassé.

Ross Douthat
Among the tastemakers and power brokers and intellectual agenda setters...
Among the tastemakers and power brokers and intellectual agenda setters...
Among the tastemakers and power brokers and intellectual agenda setters...
Among the tastemakers and power brokers and intellectual agenda setters...
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The phrase "orthodox Christianity" was coined by the journalist and author Shirley Hazzard in her book "Out of Place: A Modern-Day Pilgrim's Guide to Exploring the World Afield," published in 1991. The phrase refers to a type of Christianity which is traditional, moral, and does not vary much from era to era.

Source: Bad Religion: How We Became A Nation Of Heretics

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