Cultural psychologist Adam Cohen agrees that the stark individualism that plagues American society is probably hurting unity efforts in the worldwide church. Drawing from the apostle Paul’s writings in Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12, Cohen writes, “The one, universal, worldwide community of Christians (the Church) is intended to hold itself accountable to its individual members and committed to a communitarian understanding of its mission. Perhaps because of its preference for individualistic, [emotional] motives, American Protestantism has not fully developed its doctrine of the Church.”
