Tag: Toward an Evangelical Public Policy
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Index
For the last six weeks, I have summarized the sixteen essays in Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Political Strategies for the Health of the Nation. This was my second time through the book, and I continue to be amazed at its wealth of information. If nothing else, this book demonstrates that evangelical thinking on public…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 16
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part IV – Implementation Chapter 16 – In the Arena: Practical Issues in Concrete Political Engagement. By Stephen Monsma, fellow at the Center for Public Justice and a research fellow at the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin College; and Mark Rodgers, staff director of the…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 15
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part III – Central Themes for an Evangelical Framework Chapter 15 – Human Rights. By Paul Marshall, senior fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom, Freedom House, Washington, DC. Marshall observes that human rights have become a central topic in evangelical public policy questions in recent years. However, nailing down…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 14
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part III – Central Themes for an Evangelical Framework Chapter 14 – The Ethics of War and Peacemaking. By Glen H. Stassen, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. Stassen identifies three approaches to violence in Christian ethics: just war theory, pacifism/nonviolence, and just peacemaking theory.…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 13
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part III – Central Themes for an Evangelical Framework Chapter 13 – Stewardship. By R. Scott Rodin, vice president John R. Frank Consulting Group in Seattle, Washington. The goal of this chapter is to look at six evangelical theological convictions that from a theology of stewardship, namely Christocentric epistemology, the…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 12
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part III – Central Themes for an Evangelical Framework Chapter 12 – Family Integrity. By Tom Minnery, vice president for Focus on the Family; Glenn T. Stanton, social research analyst for marriage and sexuality at Focus on the Family. Minnery and Stanton begin their essay by acknowledging that there has…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 11
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part III – Central Themes for an Evangelical Framework Chapter 11 – Caring for the Vulnerable. By Clive Calver, president of World Relief; Galen Carey, director of Advocacy and Policy for World Relief. Introduction While the Bible doesn't explicitly use the word "vulnerable," it is a concept present throughout scripture.…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 9
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part II – Toward an Evangelical Methodology Chapter 9 – Citizenship, Civil Society, and the Church. By Joseph Loconte, William E. Simon in Religion and a Free Society at the Heritage Foundation, commentator for National Public Radio, and author. I found this essay more polemic than most in the book.…
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Toward an Evangelcial Public Policy: Chapter 8
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part II – Toward an Evangelical Methodology Chapter 8 – Justice, Human Rights, and Government: Toward an Evangelical Perspective. By Ronald J. Sider, professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary; director of the Sider Center on Ministry and Public Policy; and president of Evangelicals for…
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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…