Judgment Day at the White House: A Critical Declaration Exploring Moral Issues and the Political Use and Abuse of Religion

by Gabriel Fackre (Editor)

NEW but has scuffing across the top edge and on the bottom right corner of the front flap

Genres: Reference

190 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book for the 4 pages that Hauerwas contributed to the project and I was not disapointed. In fact I was pleasant surprised by how relevant this book, which was published to address a political scandal that is now 16 years old, turned out to be. The essays here deal with the difficulty of trelling the truth in American politics, meditations on the extent of penance, contrition and repentance when a public figure sins grievously, and the added complications that media scrutiny brings to these acts. Though media and technology have changed substantially in the last 16 years, the topics addressed here still are worth listening to. Essays that are particularly noteworthy: hauerwas on the near impossibility of truthtelling in American politics, Robert Jewett on The importance of honor when public figures ask for forgiveness, Klyne Snodgrass on Christian moral outrage in public (thos on twitter take heed). Edward Wimberly, Shelby Steele, Jean Bethke Elshstain are also well worth listening to.