The Danger of Theological Tribalism

I’m not sure if you’ve seen it, but social media is a cesspool that reeks of tribalism within the Christian church. Though this problem isn’t exclusive to social media, we see the majority of it there.

Tribalism is simply an unrelenting loyalty to your specific theological group, so to speak. There is not anything wrong with loyalty, but “tribalism goes awry when it is used as an excuse to exclude rather than include or when it feeds a sense of superiority” (source). Tribalism basically says, “My way or the highway.”

Theological tribalism does (at least) three things, none of which are helpful to Christ’s bride. Read More