Is there room for faith in politics, even with the separation of church and state?
New York-based Union Theological Seminary hosted a day-long “Congressional Orientation on Faith and Governing” in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, aiming to address this very question.
The orientation allowed “members to explore how their spirituality intersects with their service to our country,” Serene Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary, said in a statement.
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Some of the issues the Congress faces may be more impacted by faith values than others, but Jones argued that all of us “have moral convictions that inform the work we do.”
“It is impossible not to be formed by our values,” Jones said in the statement. “Moreover, for people of faith, it is impossible not to be formed by our faith.”
