Good Faith Debates #5: Is ‘Evangelical’ a Historical, Theological, or Political Identity?
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Using Evangelicalism as a Political Category Is So Facile and Problematic
Using evangelicalism as a political category reinforces the confusion sown by allowing the political to displace the theological, he says. The Amish believe in Jesus Christ, but the Amish also value manual labor,. But it is this logic which underscores why defining evangelical on political grounds is so facile and problematic. We can acknowledge that language adapts and is re-appropriated over time; we should certainly investigate the role of religion in society.
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