As they wisely wrote in their introductory volume, «Christian
engagement in the great
cultural, social and political tasks of our time would be
largely futile, even counter-productive, unless that
engagement was grounded in shared spiritual commitment and gospel truth.»
One thing that
engagement with this phenomenon has revealed, however, is that the «white male effect» is really a «white hierarchical and individualist male effect»: the extreme risk skepticism of white males with these
cultural outlooks is so great that it suggests white males generally are less concerned, when in fact the gender and race divides
largely disappear among people with alternative
cultural outlooks.