But 9/11 was also a test. It was a test for America in ways that we are still coming to terms with. It’s a test for our democracy as we struggle to balance security and liberty. In different ways 9/11 was a test for the American church. Will we succumb to the temptation of scapegoating? Will the church scapegoat Muslims in the twenty-first century as the church scapegoated Jews in previous centuries?
