Faith-based Lefties
I’ve been thinking for a while how to help get the American left out of its little secular hidey-hole. We all know that the much touted “people of faith” come in all political persuasions–Pagans included! But how can Pagans contribute to the creation of a coherent stance on matters of faith in leftist electoral politics? A good article in Salon today is helping me think about this issue. The gist of it (the article is mostly an interview of Jim Wallis, author of “God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It”) is that if you’re going to talk about religion, you have to be authentic. You can’t just be spouting a line you don’t feel, because these are matters that speak to the heart, not the head.
I have a lot more to say about faith and politics, but for now heads up on a (long) thought-provoking article.
May 2nd, 2005 at 11:12 pm
I’m so glad to be able to read Anne’s writing and get a peek into her glorious mind. I don’t know anything about Blogs in fact this is the first blog I’ve ever visited, so I don’t know what happens now. But good on ya, Anne.