Religion in Public Life pdf 丹·科恩-舍博克
In this book, a broad range of those prominent in politics and religion discuss the controversy over the appropriate relationship between religion and politics.
"Perhaps religion is the same as politics: it is political activity under cover of God. Or are they entirely separate pursuits, religion being an individual and spiritual matter whereas politics is for the collective and material world? A characteristic answer from Christians is that religion is to do with the whole of life and involves all kinds of ethical choices, although (and here an 'of course' often slips in) it is not party-political. So religion, it is said, is inevitably political for it provides a critical perspective on public life. Then we might move on to ask whether politics are inescap- ably religious; is political decision-making ultimately lost without the backing of a religious world-view in the light of which the politics make sense?"