There are some very important national conversations taking place these days over issues like affordable health care, community policing, the inequitable distribution of wealth, immigration, sexual identity, and a national election.
But for some reason few people are thinking anything that is grounded in theology. The church, of course, is wired to think this way, but I’m not sure how much of society is listening to the church’s best thinkers.
Society knows what the politicians think, and what columnists, movie stars, bloggers, and dinner party guests think. So why don’t they know what theologians think?
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