"What is Sociological Fundamentalism?" by Don Closson

Closson describes two definitions for "sociological fundamentalism" that he has run across in his reading on sociology and culture. I would like to comment on the one concerning the belief that Christians should separate from the rest of society while refusing to be redemptive participants in society and culture. These sociological fundamentalists use 2 Corinthians 6:17 as an argument for their view. ( "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.") Does 2 Corinthians 6:17 provide an argument for such a view? In 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 the apostle Paul is addressing being unequally yoked with unbelievers and in verse 17 he references Isaiah 52:11 where the people of God are summoned from the midst of their Babylonian captors and Babylon's idolatrous mysticism. The apostle Paul and the prophet Isaiah are calling for God's people to not be yoked or united with those that have committed themselves to idolatry and paganism but this does not mean that they are to have no contact with those with such a belief system. In the process of separating ourselves from the yoke of pagan idolatry we should still be committed to providing a redemptive apologetic (or defense) for the Judeo-Christian Faith.