Are Confederate Monument Fans Committing the Sin of Idol Worship? An Unusual Charlottesville Bible Study Makes the Case. - Word&Way

Are Confederate Monument Fans Committing the Sin of Idol Worship? An Unusual Charlottesville Bible Study Makes the Case.

Lee Park monument

Lee Park monument

Charlottesville’s Confederate monuments have played many roles in recent years: the epicenter of a legal and cultural battle over what should count as cherished history, the rallying spot for murderous white supremacists, the touchstone of a painful national reckoning with America’s slave-owning past.

Now, they’re fodder for a Bible study.

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Hannah Natanson