How Differences Can Lead to Healthy Politics with Luke Bretherton
IVP
When most people hear the word "politics," their minds immediately go to partisan battles, ideological divisions, and the dysfunction of 24-hour news cycles.
This episode challenges the conventional notion of politics. Instead of focusing solely on partisan battles, ideological divides, and the often chaotic media cycle, it explores a more profound perspective with guest Luke Bretherton, a professor at Duke University and an expert in moral and political theology.
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Bretherton wants listeners to see politics as something that's a part of human nature, not just about political parties or policies. Everyone engages in politics in some way as social beings, and it's up to them whether they do so constructively or destructively. The question is whether people will form common life respectfully through relationships of give-and-take, or take destructive paths that undermine their ability to live together in diversity.
Join host Kaitlyn Schiess and Luke Bretherton in this episode as they present an inspiring vision of how faith and citizenship can become unifying forces rather than divisive ones, grounded in the virtues of understanding and respecting others.
In this episode, we highlight the following themes:
✅ The theological meaning of politics and Christian nationalism
✅ Expressing Christian beliefs in a pluralistic society
✅ Founding community through relationships, not nationalism
Links from this episode:
✅ Get to know more about Luke Bretherton: https://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/luke-bretherton
✅ Check out Bretherton’s book, “A Primer in Christian Ethics:”
https://www.amazon.com/Primer-Christian-Ethics-Christ-Struggle/dp/1009329022/ref=sr_1_1?crid=113Z6JOHBWK0Y&keywords=A+Primer+in+Christian+Ethics&qid=1699373685&sprefix=a+primer+in+christian+ethics%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1
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