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October 27, 2010 by Jason Hood

Politics and Theology: The SAET Interview Series (Introduction)

Whenever election season bears down upon us in the United States, the relationship between believers, the Church, and the State gets a good deal of attention from believers and unbelievers alike. With words like “ecclesial” and “theology” in our title, we aren’t particularly trendy here at the SAET, but we do think that it is an appropriate season to reflect on how we theologize and to reckon with how we apply (or do not apply!) Scripture to politics.

So we’ve invited a wide array of theological thinkers, diverse in perspectives and fame, to answer questions related to their own perspectives on Christian political responsibility and the significance (or lack thereof!) of various biblical texts. We hope this interview series contributes to the ongoing (much-needed) conversation on the role of Christians, the Church, and the State.

We’ve asked nine questions of our respondents, giving them the freedom to respond however they wish, and we are not editing their answers. Criticisms, questions, and additional thoughts are welcome in the comments.

The first few interviews (just a sampling; d.v., there’s more to come) include the following:

(1) Jim Skillen, co-founder and long-time director and president of the Center for Public Justice;

(2) David Koyzis, professor of political science at Redeemer University College in Ontario, Canada;

(3) Stanley Hauerwas, professor of theological ethics at Duke Divinity School (and also teaching for Duke University School of Law);

(4) Richard Land, long-time leader in the Religious Right and president of The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention;

(5) Oliver O’Donovan, British political theologian.

(6) Amy Sherman, noted author and expert on ministries of compassion.

(7) Will Willimon, United Methodist bishop.

(8) John Frame, professor of philosophy and systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.

(9) Carl Trueman, professor of Church history and historical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary.

(10) R. Scott Clark, professor of church history at Westminster Seminary California.

(11) Peter Leithart, senior fellow at New St. Andrew’s College.

(12) Arthur Simon, founder and now president emeritus of Bread for the World.

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  [...] Koyzis is our second interviewee in this series, and Professor of Political Science at Redeemer University College in Ontario, Canada. His most [...]
  
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  [...] the responses here are short in comparison with others in this series, those familiar with Hauerwas can see his beliefs at play in what he does and does not say in [...]
  
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  [...] particularly fitting piece for Christmas Eve. But first a word about the makeup of our interviews in this series. We expected a few more interviews to trickle in: being unfashionable, we did not want the [...]
  
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