Founded in 1971, Sojourners is a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Americans United for Separation of Church and State protects separation of church and state by working on a wide range of pressing political and social issues. It was founded in 1947 by a broad coalition of religious, educational and civic leaders.
The Interfaith Alliance
People of Faith and good will, restoring healthy democracy.
Jesus Is a Liberal
We believe the historical, Biblically documented teachings of Jesus Christ clearly show that Jesus is a Liberal. His philosophy, based in compassion, equality, inclusion, forgiveness, tolerance, peace and - most importantly - love, is 100% Liberal.
I Am a Christian Too
The divide that extends through the electorate also extends through Christianity. Yet somehow the religious right has presumed to speak for all Christians, and have convinced many that one cannot be both Christian and a Democrat, or even Christian and a moderate Republican.
Articles
When I first met Bonhoeffer - Jim Wallis
Then I read Bonhoeffer's The Cost of Discipleship, which relied heavily on
the beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount and the idea that our treatment
of the oppressed was a test of faith.
The Religious Left - A Blog
Uniting to promote the politics of compassion
The Christian Paradox - By Bill McKibben.
How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong. What it means to be Christian
in America. An excerpt. Originally from August 2005.
Mother Jones - Interview With Jim Wallis
Gods Politics: An Interview with Jim Wallis
The Religious Left Fights Back -
by Van Jones, Alternet
... to forge a new alliance of "religious, secular and spiritual, but
not religious, progressives." ... to expose and challenge the cancer
of American consumerism. ... to oppose the religious Right's abuse of
scripture to promote war, intolerance and ugly corporate agendas.
Democracy in the Balance - Bill Moyers
How do we nurture the healing side of religion over the killing side? How
do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an
imperial state?
Common Dreams -
Pharisee Nation
Just because the culture and the cultural church have joined with the
empire and its wars does not mean that we all have to go along with such
heresy, or fall into despair as if nothing can be done. It is never too
late to try to follow the troublemaking Jesus, to join his practice of
revolutionary nonviolence and become authentic Christians.
The Religious Right
Scares Me Too!
The Senior Pastor of the Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola,
Florida discusses his views and his concerns.
Take Back Our Faith -
Sojourners
God is Not a Republican or a Democrat
God's Politics - Sojourner
God's Politics - why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It. A
New Vision for Faith and Politics in America
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