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Christian Witness to Political Power and Authority

THEOLOGY and politics have one thing in common which makes them both fascinating and frustrating they are games which everyone can play, but the rules are set not by the experts and authorities but by the community whose life they express. Political scientists and theologians try to articulate the coherence of their fields, but they never can dictate. Practicing politicians and dergyfolk, out of their experience, decide whether what they say rings true. Nor are these practical professionals the final arbiters. Every citizen has a right to be a political scientist; every Christian ought to be a theologian. Finally the goals, standards and structures of political life are rooted in the constitutional ethos of the people, and theology is tested by the Holy Spirit at work through the covenant community of the church. We reflect, then, on two realms of living experience in which everyone participates who is found within the communities, trying to discern how these realms in practice state and