It’s official. Jim Wallis said it on Jon Stewart. January 23, 2008
Posted by Zack in New York | 4 commentsThere are these moments, in the progression of mass movements—or in mass changes to cultures—when someone says, “This is happening!” It has been happening for decades, but at a certain point a critical mass of people inside and outside of the movement have become aware of it, have talked about it, and then people start to declare it in mainstream public forums. Jim Wallis did that on Jon Stewart last night:
Tags: Jim Wallis, jon stewart, religious rightThe dominance of the religious right over our politics is finally finished…
But the even better news is that now a new generation has come of age and they’re applying their faith to the biggest issues each of us faces: the moral scandal of poverty, the degradation of the environment which we call God’s creation, climate change, Darfur, human rights…the exclusive use of war to fight evil and the cultural assault on your three year old and my four year old.
The country isn’t hungry for a religious left to replace the religious right. They don’t want to go left or right. They want to go deeper. They want to go to a moral center.
