buckeye
2008-08-10 11:47:14 UTC
A progressive evangelical movement?
posted by Rebecca Sager
There is a thirst for two things in this country - a thirst for
spirituality and a thirst for social justice.
Jim Wallis (2008)
http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2008/05/02/a-progressive-evangelical-movement/
[excerpt]
When people hear the words progressive and evangelical together, a sort
of cognitive dissonance occurs. Meshing the notions of Jerry Falwell and
Pat Robertson with ideas of social justice is not something most people
easily understand. For the people inside this new movement, however, being
an evangelical and progressive is a natural fit.
This spring I went to a fundraiser for Tom Periello, a Democratic candidate
for Congress in Virginia. The small crowd was generally young and
professional, and after talking to them it was clear that this was not just
about raising money, it was about changing the dynamic between religion and
politics and creating a new progressive religious movement. In the crowd
were movement activists including members and employees of Sojourners,
Common Good Strategies (CGS), and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
(CACG), all organizations that are part of a new social movement that is
aligning Catholics, evangelicals, and other Christians.
Members of this progressive religious movement see their work as
fundamentally different from other conservative religious activists. As one
founding member told me How can you be a Christian and not care about
issues like poverty and health care? Like the others I spoke with, he told
me the 2004 election was a turning point and call to action, expressing
concern for social justice, a hope for something better in 2008, and an
affirmation that faith has a new voice in politics.
[end excerpt]
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
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. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
****************************************************************
posted by Rebecca Sager
There is a thirst for two things in this country - a thirst for
spirituality and a thirst for social justice.
Jim Wallis (2008)
http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2008/05/02/a-progressive-evangelical-movement/
[excerpt]
When people hear the words progressive and evangelical together, a sort
of cognitive dissonance occurs. Meshing the notions of Jerry Falwell and
Pat Robertson with ideas of social justice is not something most people
easily understand. For the people inside this new movement, however, being
an evangelical and progressive is a natural fit.
This spring I went to a fundraiser for Tom Periello, a Democratic candidate
for Congress in Virginia. The small crowd was generally young and
professional, and after talking to them it was clear that this was not just
about raising money, it was about changing the dynamic between religion and
politics and creating a new progressive religious movement. In the crowd
were movement activists including members and employees of Sojourners,
Common Good Strategies (CGS), and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
(CACG), all organizations that are part of a new social movement that is
aligning Catholics, evangelicals, and other Christians.
Members of this progressive religious movement see their work as
fundamentally different from other conservative religious activists. As one
founding member told me How can you be a Christian and not care about
issues like poverty and health care? Like the others I spoke with, he told
me the 2004 election was a turning point and call to action, expressing
concern for social justice, a hope for something better in 2008, and an
affirmation that faith has a new voice in politics.
[end excerpt]
***************************************************************
You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
***************************************************************
. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
****************************************************************
USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
****************************************************************