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“The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist or not... The real question is what does 'separation' mean?” quote by James Davison Hunter — Download Open image

“The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist or not... The real question is what does 'separation' mean?”

James Davison Hunter

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

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

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“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want virtue but without particular moral justifications that invariably offend; we want good without having to name evil; we want decency without the moral authority to insist upon it; we want moral community without any limitations to personal freedom.…

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“idealism ignores the way culture is generated,”

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

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

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

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“idealism mistakenly imputes a logic and rationality to culture”

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“A final irony has to do with the idea of political responsibility. Christians are urged to vote and become involved in politics as an expression of their civic duty and public responsibility. This is a credible argument and good advice up to a point. Yet in our day, given the size of the state and the expectations that people place…

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

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“In the seeker-church movement the emphasis away from the use and explication of creedal confession is obvious, since the whole point is to focus on the 'felt-needs' of the person in the pew - especially the felt-needs of nonbelievers. The rationale is that the church and its main service are evangelistic in nature. Because nonbelievers simply cannot penetrate the arcana…

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

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