Have Americans made God in their image?

Jonathan Merritt

If you play a word association game with “God,” Americans might respond with “unchanging,” “eternal,” or “forever.” But what if America’s perception of God is always changing with their whims and wishes and cultural proclivities?

Matthew Paul Turner, popular blogger and author, is raising this question in his new book, Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity. He argues that we have made God “like a naked paper doll, one that free individuals could and would dress up into whatever Americanized deity they liked.” Here, we discuss this concept, who he believes has shaped it, and why he predicts God will “grow” in America.

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