David wrote:

"...culture engagement game plans ranging from separation of church and state (invented, by the way, by the Baptists) to the culture warriors of the religious right, all the way up to the so-called reconstructionists or theonomists."

Aren't you describing here a spectrum of *political*, rather than cultural, engagement? It is possible to heavily engage one's culture without taking a single step into the governmental arena.

Incidentally, I am of the same opinion as former SCOTUS chief justice Rehnquist, who said "the wall of separation between church and state is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor useless as to guide judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned." This popular phrase is an inaccurate paraphrase of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses.
Eric Seymour | Homepage | 06.10.08 - 12:30 pm | #