Evangelicals in the Public Square : Four Formative Voices on Political Thought and Action

by Budziszewski, J.

• ISBN13: 9780801031564
• ISBN10: 0801031567
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

In this work, J. Budziszewski examines evangelical political thought over the past fifty years through four key figures--Carl F. H. Henry, Abraham Kuyper, Francis Schaeffer, and John Howard Yoder--to argue that, in addition to Scripture, the evangelical political movement should be informed by the tradition of natural law. David L. Weeks (Azusa Pacific University) responds on Henry, William Edgar (Westminster Seminary) responds to the Schaeffer section, John Bolt (Calvin Seminary) comments on Kuyper, and Ashley Woodiwiss (Wheaton College) offers remarks on the Yoder portion. Jean Bethke Elshtain (University of Chicago) provides the afterword, summarizing the dialogue and offering her own observations. In addition, the book includes an introduction by Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Author Biography

J. Budziszewski (Ph.D., Yale University) is professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling How to Stay Christian in College, Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law, and What We Can't Not Know.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(6)
Michael Cromartie
1 Evangelicals in the Public Square	15	(24)
J. Budziszewski
2 Four Shapers of Evangelical Political Thought	39	(84)
J. Budziszewski
3 Carl E H. Henry on Civic Life	123	(18)
David L. Weeks
4 Abraham Kuyper and the Search for an Evangelical Public Theology	141	(22)
John Bolt
5 Francis Schaeffer and the Public Square	163	(24)
William Edgar
6 John Howard Yoder and a Church-Centered Political Theory	187	(8)
Ashley Woodiwiss
Afterword: A Friendly Outsider's Reflections	195	(14)
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Contributors	209	(2)
Index	211