Lee C. Camp opened his book on Christianity and politics with a very provocative statement: ‘The faith of the Christian is the last great hope of earth.’1 That claim will raise the eyebrows of people who think that ‘progress’, economic growth, nuclear power, nuclear disarmament, population reduction, social justice, socialism, diplomacy, open borders, religious revival, religious decline or technology will be the saviour for humanity’s problems. Yet we believe with prophetic