James M. Kushiner
It is often said, Politics is downstream from culture. This is sometimes true, but not when revolution is in the air. When a society s political leaders are engaged in what they perceive as cultural transformation, then intense political action activism, propaganda, legislation, suppression of resistance is turned against the old traditional culture. For many, obsession with politics has become culture. In this climate of political obsession, secularization, and moral decline, Christians are urged by some to stay in the political fight to make a difference or stem the tide, and by others to withdraw from or ease up on politics because politics is downstream from culture. Change the culture first, and politics will follow. Those making either appeal may be genuinely alarmed at where society seems to be heading, but disagree on remedies, which are not always easy or clear.