Since he has entered office, Obama has not formally joined a church or closely associated with one pastor. Instead, he has occasionally sought on...
“They could have gone with someone who’s been in Washington for 30 years,” said Tim King, the communications director for Sojourners, a progressive...
Over two millennia Christians have taken a variety of postures toward the state: from sectarian disengagement to the social gospel and from the...
And, the left is also rediscovering faith – with new groups forming such as Catholic for the Common Good, and Faith and Politics, following the...
The Rev. Jim Wallis, another religious adviser to Mr. Obama and the president and chief executive of Sojourners, a left-leaning evangelical...
In the fall of 2010, we saw a disturbing rise in religious intolerance in the U.S. From the much-politicized opposition to a proposed Muslim...
Environmentalism is increasingly becoming a moral and religious cause. Many religions argue that humans must protect the earth because God gave it to...
As my friend Jim Wallis says: The U.S. budget is a moral document. It shows our heart and our priorities as a people. Now, that’s close to the...
"The heroes of that story were our Christian friends, our Christian evangelical friends. At that time, [the] Rev. Jim Wallis called me up ......
Through her encouragement and guidance, I volunteered at Sojourners Neighborhood Center, tutoring youth in an after-school program. I also...
While the former Obama pastor is the most controversial name, the conference includes some of the best-known names among progressive American pastors...
So Christians increasingly long for a substantive change in tone. This desire has led to efforts such as conservative Christian and Romney adviser...
We are headed into our next presidential election. I hope I am wrong but I am anticipating this to be a very ugly brawl. My guess is that both...
Just as this year's political wars started getting loud, Jim Wallis went silent. Wallis, one of the most prominent voices in the progressive...
The thing about Paul Simon's songwriting, a thing that he himself has expressed recently, is that you don't ever really know exactly what...
“You cannot explain English-speaking evangelicalism in the 20th century without crucial reference to the massive influence of John Stott,” Albert...
A reader calls our attention to a March 2004 interview that Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times conducted with Barack Obama, then an Illinois...
Is Washington a holy city? It might seem that way, with all the talk about religion and morality in the 2012 election.
But all that God talk may...
The New Testament chronicles Jesus Christ's concern for the poor. In his haste to devour "The Fountainhead," Ryan apparently didn...
“This legislation is not just ethically bankrupt but undermines basic Christian values and American ideals. The court will decide whether it is legal...