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Evangelicals Issue a Manifesto, but the Elephant is Still in the Room
This statement comes at a moment when evangelical Christianity has lost all credibility because it is so closely identified with the American political right. More than any other group in America, the world knows that evangelicals are the political base for an administration that has disrupted the peace and tranquility of the entire world by fighting wars under false pretenses, undermining human rights, and condoning the use of torture. Now that the political influence of evangelicals is declining, you'll find numerous admonitions that evangelicalism must be defined theologically and not politically. Now that the media megaphone is slipping away from evangelicals, you'll find many lamentations about the lack of civility in America's "culture wars." What you won't find is any clear apology for the role that evangelicals have played and are still playing as cheerleaders for a worldwide "clash of civilizations." In fact, the document itself singles out the religious extremism of "Islamist violence" for censure while ignoring the many examples of "Christian violence" bombing abortion clinics and federal buildings. You'll find several admissions of human sinfulness and fallibility and many appeals for repentance and reform, but not a single confession regarding the failure of American evangelicals to address this nation's militarism, human rights violations, and abuse of prisoners. Until evangelicals muster up the courage to address their own most egregious sins and shortcomings, the message they want to share about the good news of the gospel will fall on deaf ears. Evangelicals have lost all credibility. Their manifesto is a timid step in the right direction, but an elephant is still in the room and they are still ignoring it. This entry is cross-posted from the Mainstream Baptist weblog
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