Social Justice Surprise
Posted by tom | Jan 16, 2007Why is it so much a surprise that followers of Christ, empowered by the Spirit, follow his teachings? How about this wrap-up as we continue our reflection upon MLK Jr?
It means that the evangelical organizations are doing a good job and that they're respected for that. It also indicates the irrelevance of the more theoretical church-state separation debates that go on in Congress and among interest groups. A lot of these issues can be fought out theoretically, but in the real world, these groups are working together and resolving their disagreements. The lines between Christian agencies, government agencies, and secular nonprofits are not as sharp as they are made out to be in the more theoretical debates.
A related article of interest is Interfaith or Multi-faith? which concludes:
It would be a great tragedy if, after the faith-based initiative has assured people of faith that their religion need not be sidelined as the price of collaboration with government, contract officials, lawmakers, and courts would subtly make interfaithism a requirement for those who want to bring faith with them into public life and service. The government must not establish religion, not even a nonsectarian religion of humanitarianism and service. Government may promote multi-faith alliances, but must not require an interfaith approach.Thanks for these links Kevin :-)
