Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Really surprising...
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Wow - this caught me off guard: Doug Pagitt running for Minnesota State Legislature. Doug is a leader in Emergent Village, author of a couple of great books, my favorite being "Church Re-Imagined".
I guess this raises some interesting thoughts about the relationship between religious leaders and the government. I was just talking with my students yesterday about Shariah (Islamic law, based upon interpretations of the Koran) and I told them, that as I see it, you have religion on one side, and government on the other, and these two come together to shape our society. But exactly how that relationship between government and religion should play out is where the difficulties arise.
I suppose that it is good that someone with the vision, leadership and morals like Doug Pagitt might be a leader in government, but I also wonder what credentials he thinks he has to be able to make policy decisions? An informed citizen? A moral man?
More thoughts on this to come....
I guess this raises some interesting thoughts about the relationship between religious leaders and the government. I was just talking with my students yesterday about Shariah (Islamic law, based upon interpretations of the Koran) and I told them, that as I see it, you have religion on one side, and government on the other, and these two come together to shape our society. But exactly how that relationship between government and religion should play out is where the difficulties arise.
I suppose that it is good that someone with the vision, leadership and morals like Doug Pagitt might be a leader in government, but I also wonder what credentials he thinks he has to be able to make policy decisions? An informed citizen? A moral man?
More thoughts on this to come....
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