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God and the Constitution: Christianity and American Politics

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Paul Marshall's book should be "must reading" for every evangelical Christian who wishes to have a biblical understanding of politics in our age.

We live in a very frustrating time: (1) It is a time of ever-increasing polarization in the political realm - left and right demonize each other, and Christians are caught up in the hateful rhetoric. (2) A frustrating amount of Christians are misinformed about Christian political theory by pop Christian media sources. (3) Politicians seek to manipulate evangelicals with inflamed rhetoric in order to win our votes.

Marshall cuts through it all with clarity and well-researched insights of what Christians should consider when thinking about policy issues in America.

In this book, Paul Marshall sets out to apply Christian principles to American legal issues, allegedly in accordance with the teachings of Josef Pieper.

For perhaps related reasons, Marshall talks about Christianity's jurisprudential implications only on a superficial level.

Would Pieper have approved of this superficial approach? Maybe. Nevertheless, I feel it expresses too little spirituality to achieve Marshall's main purpose. I suppose that Marshall, in the shadow of US legal/cultural institutions, is afraid that sharing profound ideas about Scripture may alienate his reactionary audience. But anyway, I appreciate GOD AND THE CONSTITUTION for what it is: a non-spiritual rough sketch of an intriguing philosophy of law.