American politics upside down September 21, 2007
Posted by Elizabeth in Iowa , trackback
Today, Christian magazine Relevant (required reading for secular progressives who want to get to know their Christian counterparts) republished online a story from their Nov/Dec 2006 print issue called “The New Face of Politics: How young Evangelicals are turning America upside down.”
Some religious voters are second-guessing their political commitments. In particular, twentysomething evangelicals are tuning in to issues related to social justice, fighting poverty and protecting the environment. And it’s starting to affect how they think about politics.
Don’t misunderstand. This isn’t about Christians switching political parties. The author says, “…our generation is hungry for something fuller and deeper. We are tired of the status quo. We want a better conversation,” and quotes Jim Wallis,
Tags: Jim Wallis, party politics, Relevant[Twentysomething evangelicals] are certainly turning away from the politics of conservative religion and the Religious Right,” Wallis says. “But they’re not necessarily becoming Political Left. They actually want a deeper kind of moral politics that doesn’t conform to left or right, but that challenges the selective moralities of both.
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