Cobelligerence
Co-belligerence, strictly speaking, is waging a war in cooperation with another against a common enemy without a formal alliance. The term co-belligerence indicates remoteness and differences between the co-belligerent parties although jointly pursuing a common objective. In Christianity, it refers to an alliance between denominations, which are normally opposed on doctrinal grounds, for a common social goal.
According to one author, it can be defined as a cultural philosophy that warrants questionable alliances in order to make social impact and change against the moral slippage that plagues our nation -- these alliances created and fostered "on the basis of one thing and one thing only – the cause at hand."^[1]^ A case in point would be conservative evangelicals allying with the Roman Catholic Church in joint efforts to oppose abortion.
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External links
- Pope Benedict XVI: A Co-Belligerent Pope, by Denny Burk
- Camp vs. Klusendorf on Co-Belligerents vs. Good Samaritans, by Justin Taylor
Favorable / sympathetic
- Standing Together, Standing Apart: Cultural Co-belligerence Without Theological Compromise, by Albert Mohler
- Co-Belligerents or Good Samaritans?, by Scott Klusendorf
Critical
- The Dangers of Evangelical Cobelligerence, by Steve Camp
- The New Religious Common Ground... Cultural Cobelligerence, by Steve Camp
- An Open Letter to Pastors and Church Leaders... "Are We Playing Politics with God?", by Steve Camp