Religious Right, Sacralized Politics

"The sacralizing of politics, the total identification of a political goal with the will of God, always unleashes demonic powers. ... This confusion of a particular and fallible set of political and moral judgments with the cause of Jesus Christ is more dangerous than the open rejection of the claim of Christ in Islam, just as the shrine of Jereboam at Bethel was more dangerous to the faith of Israel than was the open paganism of her neighbors, for the worship of Ba'al was being carried on under the name of Yahweh. The 'Religious Right' uses the name of Jesus to cover the absolute claims of one national tradition."


Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks, p. 116