Debate about Christians’ dual role as citizens has always figured prominently in American history. Recent years have seen a hardening of positions and a refusal to understand those with whom we disagree. Not only in the world of politics, but even in the world of faith, the American public square has become a
fundamentally divided place. • As current as today’s headlines, this book equips the reader for a more positive and authentically Christian engagement with
public affairs
• Argues that one reason for this polarization is an “absolutizing” of the ethical positions that underlie political commitments
—both the religious right and the secular left have couched their ideas in terms of unbending moral principles
• Counters that Christians can best contribute to the contemporary political conversation by a rigorous and sustained exercise of the virtue of humility
• Charts a narrative understanding of Christian ethics, in which a rich description of the context of moral decisions is necessary to understand how right and how wrong they are