A genuinely Christian reflection on social issues must be rooted in the self-giving love of the divine Trinity as manifested on the cross of Christ; all the central themes of such reflection will have to be thought through from the perspective of the self-giving love of God.
How much “Christian” reflection on social issues fails to meet this standard? It’s worth pondering what categories or images tend to dominate in our cultural analysis. The self-giving love of God—that seems like it ought to be pretty central, yeah?