John G. Stackhouse writes in Martin Marty’s online journal Sightings a very thought-provoking and likely provocative essay, “Evangelicals on the Left? How Shocking! How Awful!” I found it to be an interesting read and descriptive of movement I see among many who remain theologically in line with Evangelicalism while backing political ideas and positions that may surprise many. I don’t appreciate Stackhouse dividing the political options between the right and left, but those binary categories are how we talk about politics and theology in this country, so perhaps they are an easy if not exact shorthand. I offer a short piece of the essay, which you can read by clicking “READ More” below. You can read the whole thing at the link above.

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