Church, State and American Evangelicalism:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Church, State and American Evangelicalism: "
Jyl Hall Smith

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077628
Doc. No	:	LA121257
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341619‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jyl Hall Smith
Title & Author	:	Church, State and American Evangelicalism: [Article] : A Political Missiology for the Poor\ Jyl Hall Smith
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Mission Studies
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	36/1
Page No	:	84–104
Abstract	:	How should the American church tackle domestic poverty, and how should US faith-based aid organizations approach the change process in developing countries? These questions about aspects of the church in mission are best answered in light of a wider historical debate about the relationship between church and state. In this article, I explore the history of this relationship and argue that the radical separation of church and state favored by conservative evangelicals in the United States, harms the disadvantaged both domestically and abroad. Just as governments should not abrogate their responsibility to the poor, Christian institutions should not shrink from their God-given task of holding secular, political authorities to account. How should the American church tackle domestic poverty, and how should US faith-based aid organizations approach the change process in developing countries? These questions about aspects of the church in mission are best answered in light of a wider historical debate about the relationship between church and state. In this article, I explore the history of this relationship and argue that the radical separation of church and state favored by conservative evangelicals in the United States, harms the disadvantaged both domestically and abroad. Just as governments should not abrogate their responsibility to the poor, Christian institutions should not shrink from their God-given task of holding secular, political authorities to account.
Descriptor	:	church and state
Descriptor	:	development
Descriptor	:	ethics
Descriptor	:	NGO
Descriptor	:	political theology
Descriptor	:	poverty
Descriptor	:	public theology
Descriptor	:	US evangelicalism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341619‬