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Thank-you to Kevin for the forward of Stephen V. Monsma's, Research Fellow, The Henry Institute, Calvin College, response to reports of the Breakup of the Religious Right.  After having worked through the NY Times Magazine's lengthy The Evangelical Crackup (and surveyed numerous blog postings on the topic) it was good to something brief which pointed in a helpful direction. The part which I appreciate the most is given below: 

The great need is to apply a Christian worldview to today's contentious public policy issues and thereby come up with something new and distinctive to contribute to current public policy debates. As we do this, we will find ourselves not walking in lockstep with the public policy positions of either liberals or conservatives.

Key to a Christian worldview is commitment to biblically rooted principles such as justice, solidarity with all those in need, and the integrity of independent civil-society institutions such as families, churches, and nonprofit social-service organizations. We need Christian scholars, political activists, and organizations-as well as thoughtful individual Christian citizens-who will think through basic principles such as these and apply them carefully to today's contentious policy issues.  We will then be in a position to make a contribution to our nation's public policy debates by offering policy options that are more principled and thoughtful than those now being served up by both the political left and the political right.  -- Breakup of the Religious Right