{"id":133655,"date":"2017-06-11T23:12:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T05:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/11\/the-religious-left-tries-again-to-get-its-act-together.html"},"modified":"2017-06-11T23:12:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T05:12:37","slug":"the-religious-left-tries-again-to-get-its-act-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/11\/the-religious-left-tries-again-to-get-its-act-together.html","title":{"rendered":"The Religious Left Tries (again) To Get Its Act Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

It would be really keen to see liberal \/ progressive \/ non-legalistic Christians actually create a voice that could be heard and would have as much impact as the Religious Right has had — pushing ideas of tolerance, of social service, of caring for the poor and vulnerable, of inclusion.<\/p>\n

We've heard these aspirations before. And, in a sense, that very sense of loving-kindness, that idea of bringing people together, that reluctance to impose rules and laws and bright lines to toe, acts against both twisting politicians arms and in getting much media publicity ("Love your neighbor? I can't make a headline out of that!"). That, and the way the Religious Right have poisoned the waters on the Political Left against any sort of theistic beliefs (creating the perception that any believer is a lunatic theocrat in disguise), make it difficult for liberal Christians and their allies in other faith traditions to get much traction.<\/p>\n

Still, hope springs eternal. And, to the extent that there are a lot of people who are<\/i> still believers, these effort may bear some fruit in a society that increasingly takes on the Randian sense of a war of all against all, where "I've got mine so you go pound sand."<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nReligious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.<\/a><\/span>
\nFaith leaders whose politics fall to the left of center are getting more involved in politics to fight against President Trump’s policies.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It would be really keen to see liberal \/ progressive \/ non-legalistic Christians actually create a voice that could be heard and would have as much impact as the Religious Right has had — pushing ideas of tolerance, of social service, of caring for the poor and vulnerable, of inclusion. 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