Christopher Benson reviews Darryl Hart's book From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin in Books and Culture. An excerpt: Focusing on the evangelical intelligentsia rather than the rank-and-file, he considers "the reasons that representative born-again Protestant academics and pastors give for political participation, their understanding of the good society, or the value of the American polity." The literary evidence that Hart marshals is impressive. He takes us through the writings of young progressives in the 1970s (Richard Pierard, David Moberg, Mark Hatfield, Richard Mouw), historical revisionists … [Read more...] about From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin
Archives for November 2011
Piper on the Racial Sins of Our Fathers
Collin Hansen interviews John Piper on the racial sins of the church, today and over the last generation or two. Piper is the author of Bloodlines, a compelling account of how the gospel obliterates ethnocentricism as we come to see ourselves as a global people of God, called out from every nation into one new humanity. I'm about 100 pages into it so far and am finding it to be excellent, especially the chapter on personal responsibility and systemic intervention, the two perspectives used to explain (and propose solutions for) the disparities along racial lines that persist in our … [Read more...] about Piper on the Racial Sins of Our Fathers