Dispatches from the Religious Left

by Clarkson, Frederick

• ISBN13: 9780978843182
• ISBN10: 0978843185
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Ig Pub

Summary

Over the past thirty years, while the Religious Right has developed into one of the most powerful forces in American politics, the Religious Left-despite having a rich historical tradition of leading social change in the United States-has been unable to develop into a movement with the scale or coherence of the Religious Right. Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America is a groundbreaking and visionary collection that offers a progressive counter-voice to the Religious Right's dominance over the religious conversation in America. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Editor's Introduction	p. 10
Envisioning a More Politically Dynamic Religious Left
Hillel's Questions: A Call for Leadership	p. 17
Religious Left: Changing the Script	p. 21
Not by Outrage Alone	p. 37
Religious Right, Religious Left	p. 43
Who's God? Faith, Democracy, and the Making of an Authentic Religious Left	p. 61
Memos on Hot Button Issues
A Progressive Vision of Church-State Relations	p. 81
Towards a Theology of Sexual Justice	p. 89
Reproductive Justice and a Comprehensive Social Justice Ethic	p. 99
Creationism, Evolution, and the Integrity of Science and Religion	p. 106
Take it from a Stem Cell Catholic	p. 114
Are We More Devoted to Order or to Justice?	p. 120
Getting from Here to There
Wrong about the Right	p. 129
Thoughts about Power, Organization and Leadership	p. 141
Organizing Clergy for Marriage Equality in Massachusetts	p. 153
The Organizing Model of We Believe Ohio	p. 161
Three Wheels that Need Not Be Reinvented	p. 167
Using New Media to Strengthen the Religious Left	p. 175
The Funding Challenges of the Religious Left	p. 181
I Don't Believe in Atheists	p. 189
Afterword	p. 200
Contributors	p. 205
Acknowledgements	p. 215
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