intention of above may well 'go beyond' my experiences but i've always worked with religious people on political stuff, first such activity was as a teen on anti-draft/anti-war actvities, spent a lot of years on community-based activities, anti-nuclear weapons, farmworker issues where many, if not most, folks were religious...
have spent the fall in mississippi, both the young democrats of america (yda) and the national black caucus of state legislators (nbcsl) have held their national conferences here in jackson since last month's election, neither of whom folks on this list are likely to consider left (nor would the groups themselves), in any event, i attended sessions of each...
yda discussion *included* religion, consensus seemed to be in favor of mild economic 'liberalism' and a bit more than mild 'social 'conservatism, i did not get a sense that most of the folks in the room were themselves particularly religious, they were seeking a political strategy...'
nbcsl discussion was *absent* religion although the room included many religious folks, most of whom are politically progressive by u.s. standards (there was, admittedly, limited attention paid to social issues), in fact, i think most self-identified leftists would have agreed with much of the commentary... mh