Politics

Category: BriefCACE

Thursday, 01 March 2007 by (misc)

This edition of BriefCACE concentrates on politics, a subject that many Christians feel is simultaneously ever-present and something to steer away from. The political arena is one that raises many ethical questions that Christians must think carefully about.
How should Christians think about politics? Is the political process something we should seek to control or to avoid? Most Christians in Australia take it for granted that we should vote, but should we join political parties or even run for office? What is the role of the church in politics, and how seriously should we take the “separation of church and state”? Christians who want to think faithfully about politics need to consider these diffi cult questions as they decide what impact politics should have in their lives...

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