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A Christian nation? Lessons from Vietnam and China

Courtesy of Robert F. Cochran Jr. I am often asked whether I would identify the United States as a “Christian nation.”  I suspect that was the underlying concern when a friend, a 95-year-old World War II veteran, asked if I thought our church should place an American flag along with the Christian flag in our sanctuary.  (He wears an American flag in his lapel; I have one on my license plate.)  I answered his question with stories from teaching law in Vietnam and China.   A Story from Vietnam In preparation for teaching a course on “Religion and Law in the US” in Vietnam, I asked a Christian friend who lives in Vietnam what Vietnamese people think of Christianity.  He responded: “They see Jesus as America’s Ho Chi Minh.” You may recall that Ho Chi Minh was the Communist military leader and poet who defeated the existing Vietnamese governments and drove out the French and Americans in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.  In

A Christian nation? Lessons from Vietnam and China

A Christian nation? Lessons from Vietnam and China
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