Category: Series: Toward an Evangelcial Public Policy (Book Discussion)
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 7
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part II – Toward an Evangelical Methodology Chapter 7 – Theological Foundations for an Evangelical Political Philosophy. By Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology and fellow Berkeley College at Yale University. Wolterstorff begins his essay with a brief look at biblical passages he deems critical to building…
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Toward an Evangelcial Public Policy: Chapter 6
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part II – Toward an Evangelical Methodology Chapter 6 – Toward an Evangelical Ethical Methodology. By David P. Gushee distinguished professor of political science and director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron; and Dennis P. Hollinger, president and professor of Christian ethics…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 4
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part I – Learning from the Past Chapter 4 – The Mainline Protestant Tradition in the Twentieth Century: Positive Lessons and Cautionary Tales. By Max L. Stackhouse and Raymond R. Roberts. Stackhouse is the Rimmer and Ruth de Vries Professor of Reformed Theology and Public Life at Princeton Theological Seminary…
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Toward an Evangelcial Public Policy: Chapter 2
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part I – Learning from the Past Chapter 2 – A History of the Public Policy Resolutions of the National Association of Evangelicals. By Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals. Cizik gives a thirty-page chronological overview of public policy resolutions adopted by the…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 1
(This is the first in a series of sixteen posts summarizing, for discussion purposes, a collection of sixteen essays edited by Ronald J. Sider and Diane Knippers on public policy.) Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part I – Learning from the Past Chapter 1 – Seeking a Place: Evangelical Protestants and Public Engagement in the…
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“Toward an Evangelical Public Policy” Book Discussion
I wrote a post earlier this week to see if others would be interested in reading through Toward an Evangelical Public Policy together. A sufficient number have said they would be interested, so I plan to start next week. I will briefly summarize each essay as an individual post. I figure we can do two…
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Public Policy Book Discussion Idea
One of my favorite blogs is Jesus Creed by Scot McKnight, a professor at North Park University in Chicago. I find it helps me bridge a great cavernous divide within our culture. No, I am not referring to the fact that he is at an Evangelical Covenant University, and I am Presbyterian. It has more…