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Editorial

TODD WILSON

When it comes to politics, the followers of Jesus need to avoid two temptations, two equal and opposite errors. On the one hand, we need to avoid the temptation to think that politics-is-everything.  

This, of course, is hard to do. We live in a highly politicized world. We live in a world where everything is thought of in political terms. From education and the environment to marriage and family, gender and sexuality, art and medicine, faith and freedom, we think about all these not-necessarily-political issues in highly political terms. We’re all victims of the slow and steady process known as politicization, whereby we increasingly look for political solutions to solve all of life’s problems.  

This process of politicization—or politics-is-everything—goes a long way to explain why there is so much ideological conflict in America today, why everything from choosing bathroom signage to wearing masks is interpreted as a gesture of political significance.  

Turn on the evening news for all the evidence you need of this phenomenon. Everything is talked about in terms of politics. Which means everything is framed up as an ideological conflict, a game of the will-to-power…

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