Brian McLaren on NPR

I was listening to the radio on the way to work yesterday morning and joined this story in progress. Give it a listen or read right quick.

I was especially struck by this bit here:

Surveys by Campbell and others show young evangelicals differ from their elders in a lot of ways. They pray less often, read the Bible and go to church less often. And they’re more open to culture and social issues, such as evolution and gay rights.

do you think that perhaps the substantive belief outcomes in the second sentence are in any way related to the behavior description in the first sentence? Do those beliefs come from less Bible reading, prayer and church attendance or do those belief result in less desire to read the Bible, pray or attend church where such beliefs may be challenged?

Here is more on Brian McLaren’s new book in my post here linking to two reviews of the book.