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Election Day: Hope, Heartbreak, Naiveté, and Studs Terkel

By The Editors

…ces in which young people create discourses that will (and do) sway public policy. As students joke, “It didn’t happen unless it was on Facebook.” If this election has proven anything, it is that political activism is not limited to particular age ranges or media forms. One of my friends predicted that Obama would win the election, and someone (who had, by the way, changed her middle name to “Hussein” to show support for Obama) responded, “I hope…

What’s Wrong with Wright’s Words

By Andrew Murphy

…the true genius of this nation. Of course, proclaiming that the nation can change and actually seeing such change happen are two quite different things. Perhaps the great service of Reverend Wright’s controversial remarks will turn out to lie not in the sentiments he voiced but in the response he evoked from his most famous parishioner. That would be a call and response worthy, not just of the African-American religious tradition, but of all Ameri…

Can a Church Split Truly Be Gracious?

By Adam J. Copeland

…ith an affirmative vote the members of the congregation would soon vote to change their denominational identity, I explained that they were powerless to change their ultimate identity. I preached to myself, as much for them: Despite the weighty choice of the vote to come, a simple truth remains: there is no way to vote your way out of God’s love. No string of denominational acronyms can ever put you beyond the power of God’s grace. Jesus first vot…

The Revolujah! Will Be Performed: Reverend Billy’s Reality Joke

By Nathan Schneider

…lly happen in the political realm. We almost never know exactly why things change, or why at a certain point they can change and why at another point they really must change—we only recognize the inevitable after it has occurred. Just ask a random group what ended the Vietnam War and you will see what I mean. KL: I can’t decide where Billy wants people to be after a Fabulous Worship—is it in a secular position? I think I’d be interested to hear mo…

Journalistic Blind Spots and the “Centrist-to-Liberal” Christian

By Mark Hulsether

…and tilted for Bush over Kerry in 2004, it remains debatable how much they changed on the ground. Around a third of them have been relatively centrist “Carter-types” all along. These numbers are neither static nor crystal clear—they probably inched upward along generational lines and shifted by a few percentage points from time to time, depending on how we measure evangelical status and centrism. (Many evangelicals take more progressive stances to…

How (and Why) A Determined Sit-In Worked

By Daniel Schultz

…eals that tell you “we’ve got the NRA on the run!” What will finally cause change, as I’ve often argued, is voting people out of office. That’s why the sit-in worked. Republicans are vulnerable this year, and they’re going to get hammered on gun control, among many other issues. But yes, values do play a role in the gun control debate, among others. As it happens, John Lewis has a long history of working from religious principles, particularly in…

Forget Debates and Dialogue about LGBT Justice, the Religious Right isn’t Listening

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…sense, you talk in your book about using “relentless nonviolence” to make change. What does that look like? For those still in denominations like the United Methodists that are not accepting of LGBT people, go to your church and put a note in the offering plate that says you won’t give until things change. Every time we’ve tried that, the pastors have called people in immediately to talk to them and it opened up a dialogue in that church that was…

Progressive & Religious

By Robert P. Jones

…passion to inspire people to step up and make sacrifices to work for real change. How do you feel about the cover? I’m happy with the cover, especially the main title, “Progressive & Religious,” in large orange stylized script. We decided to go without any cover images, mostly because it was difficult to think about an image that would adequately capture the energy and diversity of this new movement. Images of the Civil Rights era, the last t…

Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…t the chance to vote on same-sex marriage in a referendum (the only way to change the laws about marriage in that country), the Catholic church’s moral authority to define marriage, family and what is in the best interest of children was in tatters. Airbnb and other business leaders are working with the Equality Campaign to market a black metal ring with a gap meant to be a visual statement of support for marriage equality. The “Until We All Belon…

Pope Francis Has Painted Himself into a Corner on Women Deacons

By Mary E. Hunt

…nd his tinkering with annulment processes that have not led to substantive changes in teaching. In so doing, he will be seen to be acting kindly toward women when in fact he will effectively coopt women’s ministry in the name of a dubious “feminine genius” that he insists is so valuable to the church. He will succeed in keeping women busy doing the daily maintenance tasks of the community, thus freeing up men to preach, teach, and make decisions….