On May 8, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
Why lump all Protestant Evangelicals as "religious right?" Jimmy Carter??? Why not recognize the emergence of something that (in American terms) should be called the "evangelical left?"
> [via Mike Allen]
>
> EVANGELICAL SPLIT - 'Evangelical leaders say their faith is too
> politicized,' By AP Religion Writer Rachel Zoll: 'Prominent
> evangelicals urged Christian conservatives Wednesday to support 'an
> expansion of our concerns beyond single-issue politics,' angering
> some leaders on the religious right who have been closely allied with
> the Republican Party. In a 19-page document called 'An Evangelical
> Manifesto,' more than 70 theologians, pastors and others said faith
> and politics have been too closely mixed. They warned against
> Christians adopting any one political view. ...
>
> 'Many veteran Christian activists on the right side of the political
> spectrum do not support the declaration. James Dobson, founder of the
> conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, reviewed the
> document and was invited to sign it, but did not, said Gary
> Schneeberger, a spokesman for Dobson. ... Richard Land, head of the
> public policy arm of the conservative Southern Baptist Convention,
> the largest Protestant group in the country, said he was not asked to
> sign the document.'
>
> Ed Stoddard of Reuters calls it the movement's 'latest sign of
> emerging fractures as some activists seek to broaden its agenda
> beyond hot-button social issues': 'Michael CROMARTIE, vice president
> of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, said of the statement: 'It's
> a sign of maturation of the evangelical movement.' '
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Shane Mage
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