Evangelical DNA and International Affairs
Mark Galli Friday, 1 December 2006
For some months now, we've been breathing the noxious fumes of a certain type of analysis of American religious life. Hysterical book after hysterical book argues, in one way or another, that "Religious fanatics who run the country ... are close to realizing their vision of heaven on earth: an American theocracy" (Robin Meyers, Why the Christian Right Is Wrong [Jossey-Bass, 2006]). In this atmosphere, Walter Russell Mead's article "God's Country?" (Foreign Affairs, September/October 2006) comes as a breath of fresh air: "As the rising evangelical establishment gains experience in foreign policy, it is likely to prove [to be] a valuable partner."
Not that I agree with Mead's conclusion, but I can only commend him for engaging in a civil conversation about evangelicalism and foreign policy.
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