Redeeming Politics

“Politics” — in both their originally-defined form and often a distorted version of them — exist in every society: to live on mission well, followers of Jesus must know how to engage and even redeem the concept of politics!


In The Equipping Group’s “Redeeming Politics” course, Kaitlyn Schiess helped redefine “politics” from today’s common perception. She helps us rightly see politics as a concept that was created by God, and that has become broken because of sin, but that can be hopeful because in Christ, God is reconciling all things to himself. Because of Jesus’ work, there can be restoration — in part now and more fully in eternity — even in the realm of politics! In light of that renewed view of politics, we can see politics through the lens of the story of God. 

Kaitlyn Schiess

Kaitlyn is a writer, author, and a doctoral student at Duke Divinity School studying political theology, ethics, and biblical interpretation. She graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2021 with a ThM in systematic theology. She is the author of The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor and The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here. She is also a host of The Holy Post Podcast.

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