of purification and illumination. Theologically it is quite unacceptable, for it constitutes a denial of the truth that Christ is Lord of every aspect of human existence, and not just those parts which society deems as belonging to our private worlds. The very nature of the Christian gospel, the confession of Christ as Lord, would seem to contradict this apportioning of territories. Christianity is not a faith susceptible to being turned on and off like a tap. Christ’s Lordship is not true for some