Introduction: The Evolving Policy Agenda of Evangelical Christians -- Part I: Engaging America: Evangelical Approaches to Domestic Policy Questions -- 1 Evangelicals and the Environment: From Political Realism to a Politics of Freedom -- 2 Evangelicals and Poverty -- 3 To Do Justly and Love Mercy: Using Scripture to Guide Criminal Justice Policy -- 4 Enlightened Economics and Free Markets -- 5 Better Late Than Never? Evangelicals and Comprehensive Immigration Reform -- Part II: Engaging the World: Evangelical Views on Global Issues -- 6 The Roots of Evangelical Humanitarianism and International Political Advocacy -- 7 Evangelicals and Foreign Policy in an Era of Conflict -- 8 "The New Internationals": Human Rights and American Evangelicalism -- 9 Evangelicals, Pakistan, and the War in Afghanistan: Scriptural Resources for National Security Issues -- Part III: Engaging Culture: Counterforce or Capitulation? -- 10 Love Rightly Understood: Reflections on the Substance, Style, and Spirit of Evangelical Activism and (Same-Sex) Marriage Policy -- 11 Evangelicals and the Elusive Goal of Racial Reconciliation: The Role of Culture, Politics, and Public Policy -- 12 Politics, Evangelicals, and the Unavoidability of Metaphysics -- 13 The Good Book as Policy Guide: Characteristics, Critiques, and Contributions of Evangelical Public Policy Participation -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.