Letters to an American Christian

3.5 stars. A very accessible and helpful introduction to what it means for Christians to engage with American politics. Ashford is a “compassionate conservative” (a point of view I’m more and more drawn to personally), but even for those on the Left I think it can be a helpful book. And I emailed the......more

Letters to an American Christian Bruce Riley Ashford ISBN 978-1535905138 Pbk, 256 pp, £12.85 Publisher’s web page: [URL not allowed] In Letters to an American Christian, Ashford, professor of Professor of Theology and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has done t......more

Ashford writes with the patience, affability, and clarity of a good professor introducing the categories of politics within a Christian frame for a person who has never thought through them before. This would be an ideal book for a high school student or college freshman to introduce them to a frame......more

I loved this book especially during this political season. I realized that as a believer in Christ I am politically homeless in reference to a political party. However, that doesn’t mean that involvement in the political arena is something that Christians shouldn’t do, on the contrary we should be i......more

How should the faith of American Christians affect their politics? Bruce Ashford answers this question in a scholarly yet readable way. He uses the technique of imaginary letters to a young new believer, named "Christian." Imagining he is responding to Christian's questions and experiences as a new b......more