Tag Archives: Religious Left

A Small Corner of Hell

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via God’s Politics: The Kumbaya-quotient is off the charts in Zuccotti Park and much of it rings authentic. The smell of Nag Champa incense hangs in the air mixed with the odors from nearby falafel, pretzel and Sabrett hot dog … Continue reading →

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Social Justice?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Well, here’s food for thought (and, I suspect, just a spot of controversy) from the Hoover Institution’s Richard Epstein: The terrible economic news from both Europe and the United States has led to much soul-searching on … Continue reading →

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Ayn Rand as Scarecrow (3)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Time’s Amy Sullivan (she is the religion writer who dreamt up the story that Republicans were drumming up Obama-as-antichrist rumors during the 2008 election) was also thrilled by Paul Ryan’s encounter with a member of the religious left: These days, … Continue reading →

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Ayn Rand as Scarecrow (2)

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via TPM: Paul Ryan was chased by a protester waving a giant Bible and decrying libertarian author Ayn Rand on his way out of the Faith and Freedom Conference, a social conservative gathering in DC where he delivered a speech … Continue reading →

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Ayn Rand as Scarecrow

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Public nuisance Jim Wallis and a motley collection of other “religious leaders” have taken a new tack on the budget debate. The Republicans, they allege, are in thrall to Godless Ayn Rand (who knew?) and their plans (such as they … Continue reading →

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Theocrats at Play

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Religion Dispatches On November 2, 2009, five Catholic activists — one nun, two priests, and two laypeople, all age sixty or above — cut through a series of chain link and barbed wire fences surrounding Naval Base Kitsap in … Continue reading →

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No Contest

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Rev. Denise Giardina of Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Charleston, WV, has come out with a snide little sermon “matching” the views of a writer (Ayn Rand) against those of a largely legendary figure (Jesus), one of His followers (St. … Continue reading →

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Gov. vs. God

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Apparently Wisconsin’s governor Walker is taking on the Almighty Himself. Who knew? “Pastor Dan”, that’s who: Below the fold is the text of a joint press release from Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice and Madison Urban Ministry, two Wisconsin religious … Continue reading →

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God and Taxes

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

It’s always worth remembering that there is a religious left too. Amongst its prominenti are the ‘social justice’ Christians of Jim Wallis’ Sojourners group, a public nuisance for years. Contemplating the nation’s budgetary woes, the Sojourners are now asking “What … Continue reading →

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The Religious Left, Again

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via The Economist, here’s a report on the “Lausanne movement”, a grouping of evangelicals founded in 1974 by Billy Graham as a response to the by-the-numbers leftism of the reliably dreadful World Council of Churches. I don’t know how this … Continue reading →

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