nondenominationalism

He argues that nondenominationalism encourages a descent of Christianity-and indeed, all religions-into comfortable "general moralism" rather than being a focus for facing the complexities of churchgoers' culture and spirituality.

Although the Chautauqua movement was founded by Methodists, nondenominationalism was a Chautauqua principle from the beginning, and prominent Catholics like Catherine Doherty took part.

Shelly's career, spanning decades, saw an abrupt shift in tone in the 1980s, perhaps best represented by his book I Just Want to Be a Christian, a radical plea for nondenominationalism.

Boston University religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that nondenominationalism hides the fundamental theological and spiritual issues that drove the division of Christianity into denominations in the first place behind a veneer of "Christian unity".