Sustainability| More...
 

Religious Left

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

Steven Waldman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Catholic Bishops, Health Care, Pre-Existing-Condition, Religious Left, Politics News
Steven Waldman

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

Read Post

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

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Religion, Abortion Rights, Same Sex Marriage, Progressives, LGBT Rights, Religion and Politics, Obama Abortion, Sex Education, Religious Left, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Rev. Debra Haffner

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...

Read Post

Obamerica's Digital Congregation

Aimee Liu | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Organization, Usaservice, Service, President Obama, Barack, Secular Religion, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Community Organizing, Obama, Inauguration, Religious Left, Obama Technology, The Internet, Community Service, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Computers, Web, Websites, Facebook, Internet, Social Networking Sites Community Organizing, Volunteering, Technology, Myspace, Politics News
Aimee Liu

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.

Read Post

A Spiritual Stimulus Package

Dave Belden | Posted 01.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Interfaith Worker Justice, Spirituality and Politics, Labor Unions, Economy, Economic Crisis, Religious Left, Socialists, Home News
Dave Belden

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...

Read Post

The Religious Left is As Big As The Religious Right

Steven Waldman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hispanics, Religion, Immigration, Twelve Tribes, Latinos, Religious Right, Religious Left, Politics News
Steven Waldman

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 ...

Read Post