RSSEntries from March 2007
What is Christianity?
Bill Edgar identified four things (at least that I can find) as being unique Christian contributions to politics. Earlier Bill wrote: “Do we bring anything to this discussion that unbelievers do not? Yes. We bring two things: a correct view of man as noble, fallen, and some of them redeemed in Christ, and the [...]
The Mixed Blessing of Liberalism
In the discussion thread of my last post Caleb purposefully tried to confuse me by quoting from Voegelin whose prose and terms would make gnostics proud for the sort of inner-knowledge one needs to decipher them. (I am joking, mainly. I do find Voegelin very taxing to read.) But Caleb also asked [...]
Christianity Politically Useless?
In Chapter 1 of his book, Hart states a thesis: “My argument is that the basic teachings of Christianity are virtually useless for resolving America’s political disputes.” (p. 11) Christianity “is an essentially otherworldly faith.” (p. 16) The teachings of Christianity, however, are quite germane to resolving the issue that has roiled American politics more [...]
Our man DGH in The American Conservative
These days our man Darryl Hart is ubiquitous. Here he is at The American Conservative with an article Leftward Christian Soldiers.
DGH at his best (actually he is at his best when he is talking about the Church but that is another blog)!
Christianity Apolitical?
In the preface Hart writes, “I start from the premise that Christianity is an apolitical faith…” I appreciate the publisher’s supply the book for review and wish to hear Hart out. Accordingly I have read it carefully, cover to cover. However, had I not so promised, that stated premise whould likely led me to set [...]
The Crunchy Con on Church and Culture
Rod Dreher has an interesting post on Seperation of church and culture featuring discussion of Ken Myers and Mars Hill.
New Oxford Review of A Secular Faith
The Newman-ite New Oxford Review has reviewed A Secular Faith.
Worth reading as I think the word “C”atholic can be read “c”atholic (or even replaced with Covenanter).
A Hole in the Wall?
Darryl’s introduction seems like an odd place to begin for a conservative. His defense of the “seperation of church and state” seems so late 20th Century. I guess that Darryl is just being true to his Jeffersonian tendencies. After all, it was Jefferson who gave us the wall of seperation metaphor. [...]
Throwing Down the Gauntlet
When I entered seminary in 1979, American evangelicals were still fighting over inerrancy. But then Ronald Reagan happened. The GOP figured a way to capitalize on the God vote, and evangelicals gave up the Battle for the Bible to fight the culture wars.
As A Secular Faith argues in the introduction, the surge of [...]
A Secular Faith… Welcome to the Discussion
Welcome to De Regno Christi’s discussion of D. G. Hart’s new book A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State.
A special thanks should be offered to publisher Ivan Dee for making review books available to our contributors. Also, thanks to Darryl Hart for his willingness to use the [...]