The Politics of Jesus

Liberation theologies championed some of these changes, which prompted conservatives to come off the sidelines and get involved.

For instance, in 1972, the Mennonite ethicist John Howard Yoder published The Politics of Jesus, inspiring many evangelicals to get involved in the public square.

This shift influenced theologians like Stanley Hauerwas, who argued that the spiritual and political spheres should remain separate nonetheless.

But the influence of these theologians was eventually drowned out by evangelical political movements like the Moral Majority and the Christian Coalition.