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James Davison Hunter may be the smartest man in America.
A generation ago, he coined the phrase "culture war" to describe the contest over sex, family, abortion, religious liberty and other "social issues."
Today we live in the middle of an endless, tiresome and unattractive culture war, and Hunter quite sensibly wants to stand athwart this mess and yell "Stop!"
Both the Christian left and the Christian right are wrong, according to Hunter: Wrong in imagining that a Christian can engage in politics the way it is routinely practiced today: by demeaning opponents, caricaturing their...
Can Politics Win a Culture War?
Culture is not, and should not, be part of politics. Christians would be wise to heed the words of James Hunter.
While I am sympathetic to Christians, the behavior here on TH of some of you leave a lot to be desired. Persuade me with your character, stop with the vilification.
The fact that one would even call it a war is part of the problem. It allows the proponents of the war to treat other as less than.
Culture is something you influence by example, not by the hammer of government force.
This is exactly why I've been saying that the religious right can be as dangerous as the left wing enviro-nuts.
It's because both factions can't win an argument through...