Someone asked me recently what I thought of something "as a member of the Christian Left." My insides tightened and screeched into a ball. It was as if Freddy Krueger had run his sharpened fingernails across the black board in history class. Christian Left? Left of what? When did I...

Back in the day, there was a television show called "To Tell The Truth." A panel of four celebrities would try to guess which one of three characters was telling the truth about their identity. One central character and two imposters each spun stories to convince the celebrities she was...

By March 18, 2010, the American health care debate had reached its fever pitch as our Congress stood poised to pass or reject one of the most consequential pieces of legislation to trudge through its halls since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights act of 1965.

Editor's Note: HuffPost Religion is running a series of posts by Lisa Sharon Harper and David Innes on how Christians should view social issues. This issue here is abortion

Left, Right and Christian: Mississippi's Family Values
By Lisa Sharon Harper

The pro-life movement catapulted to prominence...

Editor's Note: HuffPost Religion is running a series of posts by Lisa Sharon Harper and David Innes on how Christians should view social issues based on their book Left, Right, Christ. The second issue is: 'Is The American Dream God's dream?

Is The American...

Editor's Note: HuffPost Religion is running a series of posts by Lisa Sharon Harper and David Innes on how Christians should view social issues. The first issue is Occupy Wall Street.

Left, Right and Christ: Believers Occupy Wall Street
By Lisa Sharon Harper

Last week,...

On the same day as the NYC book launch of "Left, Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics," I visited Zuccotti Park with Jim Wallis and Tim King. We interviewed several participants in the #OccupyWallStreet encampment.

Meet Drew! He answered an ad in early August for the Occupy...

They say at some point in their lives great leaders experience a "dark night of the soul," or a period in life when "your feet, knees, and face scrape and stick to the proverbial bottom." It is a time when even your soul feels forsaken. Ultimately, the dark...

Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Maybe, but a Stink Rose by any other name (say...garlic?) might get more play.

On July 19th, Campus Crusade for Christ announced its plan to officially change its name to Cru in early 2012.

I've been fasting for 17 days in solidarity with the hunger fast for a moral budget because something incredible is happening in our country, and we haven't seen anything like it in 30 years. When introduced on February 11, H.R. 1, the FY2011 spending bill approved by the...

At the climax of the film, The King's Speech, I held my breath with the rest of the packed audience and hoped to God that history was kind to King George VI. His sudden ascension from the dutiful stuttering brother to the noble King who led Britain through World War...

Last week I sat at a breakfast table with prominent New York City faith leaders. The topic of the morning was: "In this post-election moment, what issues are you passionate about? And what scripture lays the foundation for your passion?" Great question. We had five minutes each to share.

I...

Of the 2995 people who died on 9/11, 59 were Muslims. Yet Reuters reported yesterday that New York Governor David Paterson will pressure the developer of the proposed Islamic community center in lower Manhattan to relocate. This is nuts.

As an Evangelical Christian, three pillars of my faith guide...

Last week President Barack Obama made a bold move. He went on the record explaining, in no uncertain terms, that he is in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. And now, the administration backed up its words with action. The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of Arizona, claiming through the...

Certain moments in our nation's history have consistently opened the door for the least civil voices to enact evil through civil policy: think the institution of race-based U.S. slavery, the Indian removals, Jim Crow laws, legalized segregation, the federal protection of lynching mobs, and, don't forget, the Japanese internment camps,...

I've been thinking: "What do salt-of-the-earth, devout, middle state, Republican Evangelicals need to hear to say 'Yes' to things like health reform? Immigration reform? Or (let's face it) any kind of reform?" I'm starting to believe that there's nothing one can say, because it's really not about the issues. It's...