One last thought... The difference between the ideologies in play today revolves around what role(s) our government ( political action, etc ) is going to play in our society. When someone advocates that faith requires us to make government play some role, perhaps we should point out to them that faith is personal, and government is not. I cannot fulfill my mandate to be charitable to my neighbor by delegating that to some impersonal agency. Acts of faith and obligations of faith in general can't just be delegated to someone else to do, they exist to change us individually, to bless us individually, as persons, and to delegate any obligation to someone else, is literally to refuse to do it personally. Once that is comprehended, the role of government then becomes a topic, not of faith, but of consent and rational debate.

I'm not encouraged by the ever more strident tone of those on both left and right, who use their religious beliefs ( doctrines? ) to either justify or give an excuse to political positions, making them matters of faith and imposing or at least implying judgement against those who don't agree. We have an amazing level of freedom of religion, which is good, but intolerance for disagreement, on both matters of faith and politics has been on the rise for decades. Christ said to give the deference that is due to the authorities, unless it conficts with the laws of God - in this God comes first. The role of government, aside from passing laws, is to spend money for the things it does. In our present day, the monetary impact of governemnt is huge, so discussing money is going to be a huge part of politcs. This doesn't make money your master,or make you greedy or selfish. Perhaps we should just acknowledge that there are a lot of people who lack a rational explanation for the political positions they hold, and resort to dogmatic behavior to justify them, and/or to attack those who talk about subjects that make them uncomfortable.