Reading notes

"The basic argument in the pages that follow is that Christianity in its classic formulations, especially in its classic formulations, especially the Protestant traditions of Lutheran, Reformed, and Anglican, has very little to say about politics or the ordering of society. This does not mean that Xnity has nothing to say. Clearly, certain notions about men and women being created in the image of God, or about the sinfulness of human nature, or even about the legitimacy of personal property, have implications for politics. But beyond these implications, which may be applied in a variety of ways, Xnity has little to say explicitly about the sort of polity in which Americans have been living for the last 230 years. In fact, when Christians have tried to establish a Christian basis for the planks of political party platforms, or even for broad-based social reforms, they have fundamentally misconstrued their religion."

- D.G. Hart, A Secular Faith, pg. 10-11.