Christian History Issue 141, 2021

How do Christians live as citizens of a fallen world? The question of civic engagement is as old as the church and we address it in CH 141. A rule of thumb that has guided many Christ-followers is: "This world is not our ultimate home, but we must work for its good while we live in it." Meet believers who sought to live faithfully in the world without being consumed by it; sometimes working with the state; sometimes enduring its persecution. In whatever way conscience taught them to follow Jesus, they hoped to bring Augustine’s “City of Man” a bit closer to the “City of God.”