tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post114964435890581675..comments2023-10-23T11:10:05.945-04:00Comments on Karen Duncan: Life in the Time of Coronavirus: Godless on 6-6-06Karen Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-1149735110540136422006-06-07T22:51:00.000-04:002006-06-07T22:51:00.000-04:00I don't know 10th District. I believe Yancy did si...I don't know 10th District. I believe Yancy did sign the original Call to Renewal proclamation that Rev. Jim Wallis issued. Also, I think of Yancy as moderate more than liberal. He has expressed concerns for the environment, poverty issues (his wife was a social worker in Chicago's inner city for years) and he has written movingly about the racism in his Southern church when he was growing up.<BR/><BR/>Likewise, over the years, Billy Graham has taken princpled positions against nuclear proliferation and other issues usually associated with moderates and progressives. Not out and out liberals, but not stereotypical conservative stands either. Let's say independent thinkers<BR/><BR/>As for Campolo and McClaren, I would guess they are not so much not respected as they are controversial. They have stood up and opposed the more conservative wing of the Evangelical community. Both sides of that community have loyal followings.<BR/><BR/>Also, it's dangerous to label somebody liberal or conservative based on just one or two wedge issues. I have a very dear friend who is a Catholic priest. He heads his local chapter of Democrats for Life. He's as anti-abortion as it gets, but I'd never call him a conservative.<BR/><BR/>He's against the death penalty, is pro-union, works hard for social justice issues and is anti-war. Except for abortion and gay marriage, he is a classic liberal. But he's also a traditional, orthodox Catholic.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure people are as easily labeled as we'd like to think. And that was my point about Ann Coulter's book. Not all liberals are godless. And some conservative Republicans are atheists. But not a whole lot of people on either side are atheists because they are only 8 percent of the population.Karen Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-1149649608600282392006-06-06T23:06:00.000-04:002006-06-06T23:06:00.000-04:00hmmm...Take it from this pretty informed evangelic...hmmm...<BR/>Take it from this pretty informed evangelical that at least Campolo and McClaren aren't exactly respected evangelicals. Campolo was -- once upon a time, but not anymore. Yancy is pretty mainstream evangelical, but I wouldn't call him a liberal, not any more so than Billy Graham. Those two just aren't political agenda people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com