A Theology Of Public Life

What has Washington to do with Jerusalem? In the raging debates about therelationship between religion and politics no one has explored the religiousbenefits an... » 

What has Washington to do with Jerusalem? In the raging debates about therelationship between religion and politics no one has explored the religiousbenefits and challenges of public engagement for Christian believers untilnow. This groundbreaking book defends and details Christian believersengagement in contemporary pluralistic public life not from the perspective ofsome neutral public but from the particular perspective of Christian faitharguing that such engagement enriches both public life and Christian citizensfaith themselves. As such it offers not a public theology but a theology ofpublic life analyzing the promise and perils of Christian public engagementdiscussing the nature of civic commitment and prophetic critique and therelation of a loving faith to a liberal politics of justice. Theologicallyrich philosophically rigorous politically historically and sociologicallyinformed this book advances contemporary discussion of religion and publiclife in fundamental ways. «