Religious Left emerging as US political force in Trump era

[Fish and Bread]

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Religious Left emerging as US political force in Trump era

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"It's one of the dirty little secrets of American politics that there has been a religious left all along and it just hasn't done a good job of organizing," said J. Patrick Hornbeck II, chairman of the theology department at Fordham University, a Jesuit school in New York.

"It has taken a crisis, or perceived crisis, like Trump's election to cause folks on the religious left to really own their religion in the public square," Hornbeck said.

[...]Some in the religious left are inspired by Pope Francis, who has been an outspoken critic of anti-immigrant policies and a champion of helping the needy.

 

[Shiloh Raven]

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[Shiloh Raven]

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[Shiloh Raven]

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Personally speaking, I am glad to see the religious left stepping up more for social justice and civil rights. I sincerely hope that liberal Christians will take a more active role in politics and publicly combat Trump and his Republican agenda and policies.

 

[tadoflamb]

Personally speaking, I am glad to see the religious left stepping up more for social justice and civil rights.

Two neglected topics on CF.

 

[Hamlet7768]

Catholicism was generally correlated with the Democratic Party in the United States for a good long time, right about until Roe v Wade, so I don't think it's fair to dismiss these people as atheist or pantheist. Abortion has been a stark line in the sand and a predictable meeting-point for Catholics and Protestants that might otherwise be at odds. A Religious Left could mean a fractioning of these alliances, and the rise of something different.

I, for one, would welcome the return of Distributism, even if only as an idea discussed. If some of those ideas could be integrated into the current capitalist system, I can only see benefit.

And, as mentioned, I think we need to re-examine how we treat the issue of immigration. A human (not necessarily humanist) lens may be more needed than a nationalist lens. That is, not asking: "What can these people do for the country?" But instead: "What can we do to help as many people as possible?"

 

[Shiloh Raven]

Two neglected topics on CF.

Neglected or mocked.

 

[FireDragon76]

An overly polemical response to the religious right and Trump is not the answer. It's already weakening mainline Protestant churches to be mixing the politics of resentment with spirituality.

 

[Tallguy88]

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[Fantine]

I don't think opposition to Trump is a position of the religious left. I think it is more accurately the position of all spiritual and religious people regardless of their political leanings. It's simply a matter of comparing his behavior to the commandments, the beatitudes, the works of mercy, and every generally acknowledged moral standard.

I am not discounting that, in order to attain an evil goal, one might, in order to curry favor or suuport, do one or two favorable things. This possible side-effect could cause some to tolerate the catastrophic character flaws, I suppose.

 

[Mountain_Girl406]

I don't think opposition to Trump is a position of the religious left. I think it is more accurately the position of all spiritual and religious people regardless of their political leanings. It's simply a matter of comparing his behavior to the commandments, the beatitudes, the works of mercy, and every generally acknowledged moral standard.

I am not discounting that, in order to attain an evil goal, one might, in order to curry favor or suuport, do one or two favorable things. This possible side-effect could cause some to tolerate the catastrophic character flaws, I suppose.

I'm happy to see you!