Faithful Politics "THE BALLOT and THE BIBLE" w/Kaitlyn Schiess (Pronounced like 'Chess')
How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn from America's history of using the Bible in politics? How can we converse with people whose views differ from our own?
Our Guest this week Kaitlyn Schiess is the author of The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here, where she explores these questions and more. She unpacks examples of how Americans have connected the Bible to politics in the past, highlighting times it was applied well and times it was egregiously misused.
Schiess combines American political history and biblical interpretation to help readers faithfully read Scripture, talk with others about it, and apply it to contemporary political issues--and to their lives. Rather than prescribing what readers should think about specific hot-button issues, Schiess outlines core biblical themes around power, allegiance, national identity, and more.
Our Guests Bio, written by Kaitlyn:
I’m a writer, author, and a doctoral student at Duke Divinity School studying political theology, ethics, and biblical interpretation. I graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2021 with a ThM in systematic theology.
I am the author of The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor, released with InterVarsity Press in September 2020. My forthcoming book, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here, will be released with Brazos Press in August 2023.
I have written about theology, politics, and culture at places like Christianity Today, The New York Times, Christ and Pop Culture,
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