The Cultural Divide
The ideal of an ‘American way of life’ is fading as the working class falls further away from institutions like marriage and religion and the upper class becomes more isolated…Over the past 50 years, that common civic culture has unraveled. We have developed a new upper class with advanced educations, often obtained at elite schools, sharing tastes and preferences that set them apart from mainstream America. At the same time, we have developed a new lower class, characterized not by poverty but by withdrawal from America’s core cultural institutions.
Michael Carpenter
Michael is a church planter in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock. He and his wife Amanda have been married since 2003 and have 2 children. He is an entrepreneur, missiologist, and chef.
