Colson, Charles W.

God & government : an insider's view on the boundaries between faith & politics / God and government Charles Colson, with Ellen Santilli Vaughn. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2007. - 448 pages ; 23 cm

Revised edition of: Kingdoms in conflict / Charles Colson with Ellen Santilli Vaughn. c1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Kingdoms in conflict -- After the feast -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Faith and the evidence -- Neither ape nor angel -- King without a country -- Politics of the kingdom -- For the good of the nation -- The cross and the crown -- Roots of war -- Year zero -- Marxism and the kingdom of God -- Conflict and compromise in the West -- The naked public square -- Benefits of the kingdom -- Christian patriotism -- Little platoons -- The problem of power -- Christians in politics -- Signs of the kingdom -- Perils of politics -- People power -- The political illusion -- The indestructible kingdom.

How should Christians live their faith in the public arena? This updated edition of Charles Colson's blockbuster Kingdoms in Conflict includes a new foreword, new stories and recent court cases in place of older examples, and a revised opening that depicts today's current international climate marked by terrorism and the conflict with radical Islam.

9780310277644 0310277647

2007006574


Christianity and politics.
Church and state.


Nonfiction.

BR 115 .P7 / C614 2007