No, the Democratic Party Is (Still) Not the Party of God
In a recent piece over at Slate, Ruth Graham argues that the current state of the Republican Party…
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What Good Is It for Union to Gain the World, But Forfeit Its Soul?
“I have never really understood exactly what a ‘liberal’ is,” Assata Shakur writes, “since I…
Read MoreSpringtime for Ross Douthat?
Ross Douthat’s latest column offers proof of Godwin’s law in the headline—and goes downhill from there. And the headline…
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Future of Liberal Religion: A Counterculture Blooms?
Today, it can be argued, a different type of prophetic witness is emerging that is perhaps as radical and countercultural as those of the 1960s, given the current polarized climate. It asks people to consider how to be good global citizens amid pluralism—a pluralism that includes fundamentalists and atheists.
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The Episcopal Church ‘Takes a Flying Leap’ into Controversies Old and New
It goes almost without saying that mainline Protestantism is in an extended period of at least numerical, if not spiritual, decline, and many commentators have taken the occasion of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church—still an important symbol of normative American religiosity—to mark the beginning of the End Times for liberal Christianity and perhaps religion in general. Others have strained mightily to see glimmers of hope even in the confusion and controversy that swirls such gatherings. We of course have no idea how it will all play out.
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For Douthat, Church Either Uncompromising or a Secular Den of Promiscuity and Irrelevance
A Sweet Valley High primer on liberal Christianity.
Read MoreDear Common Grounders, Religious Progressives, and Ecumenical Seminaries…
Secular intellectuals are your friends too.
Read More3 Dirty Words Obama and the Dem Faith Folks Won’t Utter
United. Church. Of. Christ. (Okay, that’s four. Sue me.)
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