Talk:Christian politics in New Zealand

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[edit] Evangelical Christian politics in New Zealand?

Shouldn't this be renamed 'evangelical' Christian politics in New Zealand? It omits discussion of mainline Protestant and Catholic involvement in New Zealand politics.

[[User: Calibanu] 10.55, 08 May 2006

I agree. There is also no mention of the involvement of mainstream churches in the Maori rights movement. That is a major omission. The Angel of Islington 06:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

More information on those things would be great, I agree. When I created the article, I focused on things like the Christian Coalition because that's what I knew about, not because I though it was the only thing relevant. That said, I suspect that the article will always contain more about evangelical activities than mainstream Protestant or Catholic activities, simply because the evangelical elements have typically been more explicit about linking religion to politics. (For example, the section on political parties doesn't mention any explicitly Anglican, Catholic, or Presbyterian parties for the simple reason that so far as I know, there haven't been any. People of those denominations have been more likely than the evangelicals to see themselves as "a politician who is Christian" rather than "a Christian Politician".) But anyway - the more the article covers, the better, definitely. -- Vardion 08:27, 6 March 2007 (UTC)