Evangelical movement touts ‘Jesus for president’
Claibourne’s still making waves and here’s CNN reporting from Pittsburgh, an event which I unfortunately missed because I’m still in El Salvador. I’m so excited to see efforts in Pittsburgh like Claibourne’s combined with great organizations like Thomas Merton which has existed for decades.
I can’t talk enough about how the political demographics have changed since 2000 and how the Evangelical Right has fallen from grace and power. Suffice to say that it has, and everything has changed, and even the media doesn’t have it right when it talks about a “Religious Left”.
Sure, there are those flip voters out there that mirror the Religious Right (if you don’t know what that is, ask your parents) but for the most part the young evangelicals and the movement that was facilitated by organizations like Sojourners and yes, Claibourne’s ordinary radicals are willing to ask the deep questions and work for real change that can’t be brought only by legislation and partisan politics.
The media underestimates the new “young Evangelicals” (the new buzzword).