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A Misunderstood Manifesto

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 To conclude, the “Evangelical Manifesto” has been widely misunderstood by the mainstream media. The sections of the Manifesto described as calling for a separation of politics and religion are actually cautioning against further involvement in partisan politics. In addition to actually encouraging evangelicals to make political decisions based on their faith, the Manifesto calls for the creation of a “civil public square.” This square will prevent, the authors hope, the severing of religion and public life -- safeguarding religion’s place in the public square for the future.
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Eben: As I was revising my paper I began running into difficulty. My efforts either created another version of my last paper, complete with the same or similar defective first step, or if that step was removed, something resembling a report on how the Religious Right is splintering. Either way I was unhappy with the product. However, when I was researching for my revised version I came across many news reports on the recently released Evangelical Manifesto. When I read the Manifesto, my impressions were very different from the descriptions I encountered in many news articles. I felt this was a fertile direction for a revision because the revision stems from the subject of the original paper (the involvement of evangelicals in politics), but it is also different enough from the starting point to not inherit the same problems. I’ve focused on the third section of the Manifesto because the media has focused on the political messages in that section.

 
 
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