Monday, January 5, 2009

Ethics: Focus on the Family, Glenn Beck, and the Culture War

Glenn Beck is a nationally syndicated political talk show host and CNN news commentator (reportedly moving to Fox News this year) and the author of the New York Times #1 bestselling book, “The Christmas Sweater.” He is also a Mormon. Focus on the Family recently posted an interview with Glenn about this book conducted by a freelance journalist on their Citizen Link website, but they later removed the article in response to complaints that an Evangelical organization should not be endorsing the work of an LDS member. Were they correct for this decision? But what about the larger issue of when and if to allow alliances between Evangelical Christians and members of religions with which we disagree either partially or wholly? What sort of compromises should we (or shouldn’t we) be willing to make in advancing our cultural agenda in a doctrinally pluralistic society?

Links -
Focus on the Family and Glenn Beck:
The story and the interview by MormonTimes.com
Beck and Dobson respond by MormonTimes.com
Meditation on the Third Commandment by CS Lewis
Focus promotes Mormon Glenn Beck by ChristianNewsWire.com
Focus yanks Glenn Beck interview by World Net Daily
Focus pulls Glenn Beck interview by US News and World Report
Focus removes interview by Salt Lake Tribune

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