Is the Christian Left back?..............Why yes, I think it is.

[Dob Bole]

Reinhold Niebuhr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The former was a theologian who saw the failures of the Depression and became a leader of Christian socialists in America. The latter was the greatest figure of the Civil Rights movement.

During the 20th century, from about 1930-1980, there was a strong religous left in our country, without which the New Deal, a great society, or much of the Civil Rights movement wouldn't have succeeded. Yet, the movement seemed to die when we elected one of its own...Jimmy Carter. It was then that we saw opposition and the "Rise of the Religious Right" that overtook it.

Fast-forward to 2004. We are in a war that almost every major Christian church was against. For the first time in years, we have a candidate opposed to the death penalty running for public office.

I found this article discussing the phenomenon. What do you think?

"What we're seeing in this campaign is a reinvigoration of the progressive religious voice," said John Podesta, president of the Washington-based Center for American Progress and a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.

http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/okeefe090204.html