vol. 38, Issue #3

Online Journal Article: Christian Norms In The Ethical Square: An Impossible Dream? Michael Mckenzie* Jets 38/3 (September 1995) 413–427

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CHRISTIAN NORMS IN THE ETHICAL SQUARE:
AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM?
MICHAEL MCKENZIE*
JETS 38/3 (September 1995) 413–427

Excerpt:
Richard John Neuhaus, in his provocative book The Naked Public
Square, makes the case convincingly that traditional communitarian (and
especially Christian) values have been progressively evicted from the
realm of public political discourse. Increasingly, those who desire to work
within the public realm must couch their arguments in individualistic and
nonreligious terms. It is hardly stating anything novel to point out that the
Bible is deemed irrelevant by today’s political policy-makers. This political
reality is also largely true in the field of ethics, making it difficult if not
impossible to use Scripture as a source of norms for ethical discourse
--from page 413