Theopolis

I am hoping to resume a series of posts that I began a while ago. Major interuptions happen (like UGA winning the Sugar Bowl and LSU winning the national title) from time to time, and new directions need to be taken.

Again, this series of posts I am resuming is entitled, "Theopolis." Admittedly, I am not a Greek scholar. Yet, if I am not mistaken theos mean God/god and polis refers to life in the Greek city-state. God-city or God in the life of the city/community. Actually, this on a broad-scale is what this blog is all about. More specifically I want to engage the point (or points) at which theology and religion intersect the aspect of city/community life known as politics.

I ask from you several things.

1. Please feel free to dialogue with me.
2. Please feel free to disagree with me.
3. Please make an honest attempt to hear me out.
4. If you have a strong emotional reaction to something I have written, I applaud that. However, please make an attempt to safeguard your life jacket of rationality, while riding the tidal wave of emotion.

I think a great place to start is to analyze whether believers should even be involved in politics. From Jimmy Carter to Pat Robertson to Jim Wallis to Mike Huckabee, Evangelicals have seen many of their own involved at many different political levels, positions, and flavors and have garnered (for good or ill) many types of media coverage. This is a great place to begin my next blog.