Religious Left

Is Barack Obama a 'Born Again' Christian?

Stephen Mansfield | Posted 05.22.2012

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As he stepped into office, President Obama was without a primary spiritual mentor, without a spiritual home and still bruised from the religious bludgeoning of the campaign. Some administration officials report that it was just at this moment that a change began.

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The Idolatry of Politics and the Promise of the Common Good

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.03.2012

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How we live and what we do for the common good is much more important than how we vote. Political affiliation with candidates, parties, and structures is waning -- especially among young people -- and that's good news.

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The Evangelical Left In History And Today

Craig S. Keener | Posted 04.19.2012

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Given evangelicalism's diverse history and its undefined future, it is both inaccurate and unhelpful to stereotype all "evangelicals" as the religious right. Today, stereotyping evangelicalism as a whole only fortifies the influence of the political right.

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Occupy The Pulpit

Mark Engler | Posted 01.28.2012

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We shouldn't need an ironic borrowing of church mannerisms in order to hear a sermon against corporate greed. After all, why should railing against the evils of consumerism have to be done as a half-in-jest parody by a fake preacher?

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Social Justice: A Holy Struggle

Noah Baron | Posted 01.04.2012

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This is a holy struggle, but it is not the one that the Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwells would have you believe in. Our enemy is not the poor, but poverty; it is not homosexuality, but homophobia.

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The Rise Of The Religious Left

Claire Gordon | Posted 08.19.2011

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To maintain their congregations, churches will have to recruit immigrants and the young, and to recruit the immigrants and the young, their politics will have to shift left.

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Evangelicals and Gays: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the spirit of Martin Luther, I have posted on the web "9.5 Theses for a New Reformation" for reimagining the relationship between Christian evangelicals and LGBT people.

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Obama's Health Care Pitch Should Be Less, Er, "Christian"

Steven Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Forgive my theological oversimplification but the health care message needs a bit less Jesus and a bit more Moses

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Don't Call Yourself Progressive If You Don't Support Sexual Justice

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 05.25.2011

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You know when marriage equality comes to Iowa that lesbian and gay equality has become a mainstream American value. Yet the Iowa court decision recog...

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Obamerica's Digital Congregation

Aimee Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thanks to digital organizing, Obama now has a secular congregation as big as America. That congregation elected him. Now that same congregation is going to practice the values that he has preached.

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A Spiritual Stimulus Package

Dave Belden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keynesians listen up: if all workers were paid what they are legally owed (let's not even get to what they're morally owed for a minute--that's more c...

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The Religious Left is As Big As The Religious Right

Steven Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2004, it occurred to us at Beliefnet that most of the media viewed the religious-political landscape as having two groups: The Religious Right and ...

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