I admit, when I first got this book it was during the midst of midterms, and I promptly set it aside to do required seminary reading.
- Hijacked: Responding to the Partisan Church Divide by Mike Slaughter.
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In the past few weeks my news feed on facebook has been flooded with hateful, condeming rehortic on both sides of many issues steming from both the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, and in regards to various states voting issues. I am tired of hurtful, hateful rehortic who people on all sides of issues spout.
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What this book does is give people a f I admit, when I first got this book it was during the midst of midterms, and I promptly set it aside to do required seminary reading. What this book does is give people a frame work for understanding each other as Christians.
The book can get a little heady at times, but I would recomend it for people looking for a way out of the hate. We have fallen on hard times as a church, and understanding one another can be a first step out of the quagmire that we have found ourselvs in. Readers beware, this book leaves no quater for those who consider themselves liberal or conservative.
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For the message of this book is that Christ transcends our political reality that we find ourselves in, and it is in Christ where we must go. Mar 16, Robert D. Cornwall rated it really liked it Shelves: Mike Slaughter and Chuck Gutenson have written an important topic -- the role of politics in the life of churches.
Even as the nation becomes increasingly polarized politically that divisive partisanship is encroaching on church life. Too often we are partisans first, Christians second.
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Although I have problems here and there with the way the authors work with the issue, they raise an important issue that needs to be talked about. One concern I have is that the church pastored by Mike Slaughter Mike Slaughter and Chuck Gutenson have written an important topic -- the role of politics in the life of churches. One concern I have is that the church pastored by Mike Slaughter is a Mainline Protestant Church, and the book is published by a Mainline publisher, but the audience seems to be completely evangelical, with Mainliners like me not really part of the conversation.
Still, a helpful book that is written for the lay reader. Feb 11, Shawn rated it liked it Shelves: Hijacked laments the increasing way in which unity among Christians is found more in political party affiliation rather than in the central affirmations of Christianity—like the Trinitarian nature of God and the divinity of Jesus Christ, for example. After all, for both Slaughter and Gutenson, bringing the resources of the gospel Hijacked laments the increasing way in which unity among Christians is found more in political party affiliation rather than in the central affirmations of Christianity—like the Trinitarian nature of God and the divinity of Jesus Christ, for example.
After all, for both Slaughter and Gutenson, bringing the resources of the gospel and the church to bear on the common good of society is an integral part of their personal journey as disciples working out the meaning of following Jesus in all aspects of life. The problem is the rise and intensification of political partisanship in society infiltrating the American church. Political and ideological agreement—on left or right—has become in many quarters of the church a litmus test for authentic faithfulness.
This leads to filtering the bible through our political convictions, instead of the other way around.
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The partisan atmosphere weakens unity in essentials core doctrines in favor of unity around non-essentials specific political positions. Jul 09, Amy rated it really liked it. I did really like this book I do think that all the American Christians I know should read it and think about how they fit in. I think this book is very timely especially given the recent op-Ed in the NYT about the shrinking group of moderates in our population. The book is about how our political ideology and out theology often get conflated.
Much of this is driven with wedge issues where one's political ide I did really like this book Much of this is driven with wedge issues where one's political ideology determines what one thinks theologically. I do love the quote, "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity" -attributed variously I'll be trying to more actively practice that statement in my life.
Sep 03, Steve Callahan rated it it was amazing. A short book but maybe that would encourage everyone to take a look at it, Christian or not.
When our passions for the Kingdom of God become primary in our social commitments, political alliances will inevitably take a back seat. With the exception of a brief N.
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Related to this absence, discussion about the nature of the State was also lacking. It would seem that a book dedicated to avoiding the divisive nature of politics would include at least some mention of the legitimate movements away from political engagement a good resources is Electing Not to Vote, endorsed by Greg Boyd.
In private exchanges and his former book , Gutenson has an unfavorable opinion toward ideology. Gutenson personally said to me that he was not against people acting and voting on their convictions. Hijacked addresses a problem most of us would admit exists, yet we would all hesitate to admit we are part of the problem. Check the book out on Amazon. LCI posts articles representing a broad range of views from authors who identify as both Christian and libertarian. Of course, not everyone will agree with every article, and not every article represents an official position from LCI.
Please direct any inquiries regarding the specifics of the article to the author. During the last several decades there has been a growing tendency to conflate one's theological commitments with one's political ideology. As a consequence, partisan politics has infiltrated our churches and political commitments are creating unnecessary divisions.
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Perhaps of most concern, these trends generally tend to obscure the properly holistic nature of the Gospel of Christ and turn people off to Christianity altogether. Too often, it often seems politics has more influence than theology. Sadly, this leads to division, where decisions on church direction, and even the content of teaching, gets determined more based on partisan politics than on sound biblical and theological factors. Hijacked explores this phenomenon, offers analysis, and proposes a way forward.
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