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Whatever the differences between evangelicals and Catholics may be - and these differences should neither be denied nor underplayed - the possibility that the two groups could form a coalition working for doctrinal orthodoxy and moral renewal at every level of society is inviting. It is an attractive vision, but a vision that raises many difficult questions - not least, assessing the origins and importance of the outstanding doctrinal disagreements between the two groups. If there is any hope for a true alliance, we need to start thinking about these things now.

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Alister E. McGrath is research lecturer in theology at Oxford University and research professor of systematic theology at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the author of "Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification" (Cambridge University Press).

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December 12 1994, Vol. 38, No. 14