Politics of faith

[snottyduck]

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/02/evangelicals.ap/index.html

'An Evangelical Manifesto' criticizes politics of faith

• Document from conservative Christian leaders to be released Wednesday
• Drafters say evangelicals have often expressed "truth without love"
• Among the signers are Os Guiness and Richard Mouw
• High-profile leaders such as Richard Land, James Dobson not among signers

Couldn't be closer to the truth.

[Jeb Stuart Thurmond]

Re: Politics of faith

Some champions of traditional culture war issues are not among the supporters.


Richard Land, head of the public policy arm for the Southern Baptist Convention, said through a spokeswoman that he has not seen the document and was not asked to sign it.


James Dobson, the influential founder of Focus on the Family, a Christian group in Colorado Springs, Colorado, did not sign the document, said Gary Schneeberger, a Dobson spokesman. Schneeberger would not say whether Dobson had read the manifesto or had been asked to sign on.


Phil Burress, an Ohio activist who networks with national evangelical leaders, said that if high-profile evangelical leaders such as Dobson and Land don't support the document, "it's like throwing a pebble in the ocean" and will carry no weight.

That's all you need to know.