Saturday, May 28, 2005
The Death of Liberalism?
An interesting and intelligent analysis of the current state of liberalism in the United States appeared recently in The American Prospect ("The Death and Life of American Liberalism")
According to some (for instance, Sojourners' Jim Wallis, and his book God's Politics), a big question about whether there's any life left in liberalism rests on whether liberals will begin to respect -- and listen to -- people of faith. There are an awful lot of folks out in the hinterlands -- and most other lands as well -- who have "liberal" or progressive values (meaning they care deeply about poverty, racism, war, etc.) and are also have a deep faith.
According to some (for instance, Sojourners' Jim Wallis, and his book God's Politics), a big question about whether there's any life left in liberalism rests on whether liberals will begin to respect -- and listen to -- people of faith. There are an awful lot of folks out in the hinterlands -- and most other lands as well -- who have "liberal" or progressive values (meaning they care deeply about poverty, racism, war, etc.) and are also have a deep faith.
