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The Good of Politics

Book Review: The Good of Politics

August 7, 2015 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

In our current toxic political climate one might ask the question, “can anything good come of politics?” James W. Skillen would answer that affirmatively. In  The Good of Politics  (Baker, 2014), Skillen's main contention is that to be created in the image of God means, among other things, that we are political creatures and that political life, along with things like work and family, is part of God's creation intention for us. It is not a consequence of the fall. Like other aspects of the human condition, political … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Good of Politics

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Book Review, church and state, James W Skillen, Kingdom of God, politics, religion, The Good of Politics

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