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Article: Evangelical author calls for reassessing link between religion and politics.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Sigmund Brouwer)
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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An evangelical author has called on his coreligionists to reconsider the value of linking faith and politics and questioned the leadership of figures like James Dobson and Jerry Falwell.
Sigmund Brouwer, an author of Christian fiction, wrote in The Christian Post recently that the approach favored by Religious Right leaders may not be the best.
"Are evangelical Americans, then, expected to be a faceless army, led by generals like Falwell?" asked Brouwer. "Am I a bad Christian to question this assumption before we recruit the next generation?"
He continued, "In answer, I would suggest that the gospel accounts predominately show Jesus as a ...