Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D. is an associate professor of political science and university fellow at Union University. He is an affiliate scholar with the Acton Institute, a research fellow of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
The Acton Institute awarded him the 2011 Michael Novak Prize. He is is the author of three books on politics and religion, including The End of Secularism and The System Has a Soul. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality and a contributing editor of Touchstone.
If we take the lordship of Christ in our lives seriously, we must apply that lordship to our politics. We must think carefully about how we can act in a responsible and loving way in the light of both our…