Religion and politics...

Nightline is covering it tonight. Tony Campolo was on Air America earlier today. I know this may be bad to say, but "liberal" evangelicals need some new voices. Wallis and Campolo have been the voice of "liberal" evangelicalism for the last 20 years. They do a good job, but I think sometimes they get discounted because evangelicals have heard them so many times. For an interesting essay on "not voting for president" at all, see this by Mark Noll. And for the tracking of some other Wheaton College types, see this Sun-Times article. The issue of religion and politics isn't going away with Keyes or this election. In my personal opinion, Democrats don't win over evangelical voters by arguing about abortion. Rather, we have to work to remind evangelicals that issues of life extend beyond abortion, that issues of justice are not about judging people, and that compassion is an important public and private value. And since these messages are best articulated from the inside, perhaps this means that I need to start attending an evangelical church again...