Re: Born-again bigot

In the U.S. in the 1970s, there was a resurgence of conservative, evangelical Christianity, promoted by radio and television evangelists. It derived much of its power from reacting to the Civil Rights and antiwar movements, and has continued to draw power by opposing evolution, anti-poverty work, feminism, gay rights, and other social justice causes.

There are some evangelicals who are finally realizing that their opposition to social justice is contrary to the Gospel they preach, and so we have some very interesting evangelicals like Jim Wallis and his Sojourners movement, and (to a lesser degree) Rick Warren and his "purpose-driven life." It's nice to see hopeful signs from the evangelicals, although I suppose their religious traditions will not be acceptable to literalists like Mr. Shaw.

-Joe-