Identifying a Genuinely Christian Public Figure

Ross Douthat has written a new book Bad Religion. Douthat, an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, was recently interviewed about his book by The Times' John Williams.

In response to one of the questions during the interview, Douthat had this to say...

But I do think one way to identify a genuinely Christian public figure is to look for people whose faith seems to trump their partisanship on some high-profile issue. Maybe that means a very liberal Democrat who is nonetheless pro-life. Maybe it means a conservative Republican who opposes waterboarding. A certain amount of partisanship is inevitable in politics, but there should be some visible Christian difference, some sign that the figure regards the teachings of his faith as more important than the commandments of his party.

I could not have said it better than that.