To remain the Church we must sustain orthodoxy and frame Christian belief doctrinally, but … this requires habits of reflection and judgment that are simply out of place in our culture – and increasingly are disappearing from the Church too. Our society seeks rapid gratification – immediacy of feelings, rather than the slowness of learning. As credit cards enable us to possess without waiting, so churches give the message that we can likewise have divine results, without having to wait – indeed, without even having to think. Marva J. Dawn, Reaching Out without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for This Urgent Time, p. 111, internal quotation marks removed)

And, in fact, in many Christian circles thinking is a very ‘unspiritual’ thing to do.