Salt and Light: Evangelical Political Thought in Modern America

By Augustus Cerillo and Murray W. Dempster

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801025362
• ISBN13: 9780801025365
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.8"

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Salt and Light

Though evangelicals in America have emerged as a potent political force, they have not reached a consensus on political issues. In fact, their approaches to politics vary considerably. In Salt and Light proponents of these perspectives engage in lively and informed debate. "Our text," write the authors, "is designed to fill a need for a short collection of essays that introduce readers to the mosaic of contemporary evangelical political thought." The authors identify four perspectives on the poitical spectrum: evangelical radical right, evangelical liberal, evangelical conservative, and fundamentalist new right. Essayists are Carl Henry, Lewis Smedes, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Isaac Rottenberg, George DeVries, Jr., Richard Quebedeaux, Jim Wallis, Jerry Falwell, and Ed Hindson. In Salt and Light the authors "thoughtfully mix documents and commentary to establish two things about the politics of evangelicals since World War II," writes Mark A. Noll, professor of history at Wheaton College. "First, the period of fundamentalist withdrawal is definitely over. Second, the search for political positions in keeping with basic evangelical principles goes on. Read this fine book for a succint account of evangelical political development as well as for a good introduction to the most important controversies in political issues." --- from book's back cover