{"id":33,"date":"2008-10-17T18:24:54","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T18:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/textmessages\/2008\/10\/colson-claiborne-boyd-three-vi.html"},"modified":"2008-10-17T18:24:54","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T18:24:54","slug":"colson-claiborne-boyd-three-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/textmessages\/2008\/10\/colson-claiborne-boyd-three-vi.html","title":{"rendered":"Colson, Claiborne, Boyd &#8211; Three visions of evangelical politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"speakingoffaithclaiborneboydcolson.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/197\/import\/speakingoffaithclaiborneboydcolson.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>There is a lot of talk about whether young evangelicals are moving anywhere politically, or whether they&#8217;ll be more of the same. There is plenty of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/10\/younger-evangelicals-more-prog.html\">evidence for the latter<\/a> so far in this election cycle, but there is also evidence for a shift with regard to tone and style&#8211;culture war exhaustion is one of the key markers of young evangelical political identity. (You hear that, Sarah?)\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We noticed today that <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/profile\/3743cb2ee5992879985e91f99f544175\">a Beliefnet Community member<\/a> started a group to discuss this issue, using as a starting point Krista Tippett&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/speakingoffaith.publicradio.org\/programs\/evangelical_politics\/\">recent &#8220;Speaking of Faith&#8221; episode<\/a> featuring representatives from three generations of evangelicals who are politically active: Charles Colson, Greg Boyd, and Shaine Claiborne. The group is just getting started and could be a place of lively discussion&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/?page_id=1107&amp;group_id=1534\">check it out<\/a>.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(Photo source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/speakingoffaith\/2403404462\/)\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of talk about whether young evangelicals are moving anywhere politically, or whether they&#8217;ll be more of the same. 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