James Davison Hunter

“pluralism today—at least in America—exists without a dominant culture,”

— James Davison Hunter

“ideas are not free-floating in consciousness but are grounded in the social world in the most concrete ways.”

— James Davison Hunter

“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want…

— James Davison Hunter

“idealism ignores the way culture is generated,”

— James Davison Hunter

“There is little taste for 'high culture' especially in Evangelicalism, where the tendency has long been toward translation - making things accessible…

— James Davison Hunter

“the character of American civilization is a bundle of contradictions,”

— James Davison Hunter

“faithfulness works itself out in the context of complex social, political, economic, and cultural forces that prevail at a particular time and…

— James Davison Hunter

“idealism mistakenly imputes a logic and rationality to culture”

— James Davison Hunter

The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist…

— James Davison Hunter

“A final irony has to do with the idea of political responsibility. Christians are urged to vote and become involved in politics…

— James Davison Hunter

“idealism misconstrues agency, implying the capacity to bring about influence where that capacity may not exist or where it may only be…

— James Davison Hunter

“In the seeker-church movement the emphasis away from the use and explication of creedal confession is obvious, since the whole point is…

— James Davison Hunter

If Christians cannot extend grace through faithful presence within the body of believers, they will not be able to extend grace to…

— James Davison Hunter

“culture is as much an infrastructure as it is ideas.”

— James Davison Hunter

“What is even more striking than the negational character of this political culture is the absence of robust and constructive affirmations. Vibrant…

— James Davison Hunter

“culture is not neutral in relation to power but a form of power.”

— James Davison Hunter

To enact a vision of human flourishing based on the qualities of life that Jesus modeled will invariably challenge the given structures…

— James Davison Hunter

To be Christian is to be obliged to engage the world, pursuing God’s restorative purposes over all of life,

— James Davison Hunter

Ideas do have consequences in history, yet not because those ideas are inherently truthful or obviously correct but rather because of the…

— James Davison Hunter

As with military campaigns, cultural warfare is always decided over the pragmatic problems of strategy, organization and resources. . . . The…

— James Davison Hunter

“the legal and political debate surrounding the just management of plurality will continue well into the future.”

— James Davison Hunter

The tragedy is that in the name of resisting the internal deterioration of faith and the corruption of the world around them,…

— James Davison Hunter

But the consequences of the whole-hearted and uncritical embrace of politics by Christians has been, IN EFFECT, to reduce Christian faith to…

— James Davison Hunter

“the dominant ways of thinking about culture and cultural change are flawed, for they are based on both specious social science and…

— James Davison Hunter

“THE MANDATE OF CREATION is a source both of glory and of shame for the Christian community.”

— James Davison Hunter