Can a Good Christian be a Good Liberal?

In Public Affairs Quarterly. pp. 163-173 (2006)
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A good Christian can be a good liberal, and perhaps should be, because liberalism is the political theory most consistent with the biblical mandate concerning the role of the state and its officers. The argument for this is made in terms that any good Christian should find acceptable, and then two policy implications are briefly discussed.

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