RESPONSE TO PROFESSOR INAGAKI

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  • Harold Netland

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It is a special honor to be able to respond to the fine paper by Professor Inagaki. Not surprisingly, I find myself in basic agreement with the thrust of the paper. Whether we call it theology or philosophy, Professor Inagaki is correct in calling for a Christ-centered, biblically based framework for understanding how we are to live as followers of Jesus Christ in the broader civil society. He reminds us that central to such a framework is Christ’s command that we are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves (Mt 22:35-40). Moreover, his consideration of Toyohiko Kagawa as a model for us today is, I think, very helpful. Kagawa was not only a great Japanese social reformer but also an exemplary Christian, whose ministry illustrates how we might bear witness to Christ within the spheres of civil society.

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