Religion as Political Guidepost

In Room for Debate, the New York Times observes that politicians frequently invoke their religion as a source of guidance in their policy deliberations and asks, “What exactly would a Christian platform look like?”  Respondents include:

• Michael Novak, theologian
• Jim Wallis, Sojourners
• Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
• Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center
• Richard Cizik, New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good
• Colleen Carroll Campbell, columnist and author
• M. A. Muqtedar Khan, University of Delaware
• Leith Anderson, National Association of Evangelicals
• Josef Sorett, Columbia University
• Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago
• Adam Brown, Brigham Young University

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