Journalism Has a Religion Problem

Irecall hearing in college a little throwaway line: “Do you know what you get when you talk about religion and politics? Politics.”

This is an expression meant to cynically demonstrate how politics ends up infecting everything. But rather than go with cynicism, why not ask the obvious: If politics is about ordering our lives together in society, how could one’s deepest convictions, which are typically viewed as the province of religion, not spill over into political concerns?

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Andrew T. Walker

Andrew T. Walker is an associate professor of Christian ethics and public theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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Irecall hearing in college a little throwaway line: “Do you know what you get when you talk about religion and politics? Politics.”

This is an expression meant to cynically demonstrate how politics ends up infecting everything. But rather than go with cynicism, why not ask the obvious: If politics is about ordering our lives together in society, how could one’s deepest convictions, which are typically viewed as the province of religion, not spill over into political concerns?

About the Author

Andrew T. Walker

Andrew T. Walker is an associate professor of Christian ethics and public theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.