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Religious Left

The Demise of the Religious Left?

By Filings on Fri, 09/12/25
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“It’s hard to name a single Religious Left institution today that retains major influence in America. Of course, some MAGA evangelicals call non-MAGA religious evangelicals ‘Religious Left,’ since they themselves have no memory or awareness of the real Religious Left. More on that later.” - Mark Tooley

PRRI Survey: Mainline clergy are more liberal than their congregants

By Filings on Fri, 09/15/23
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“Mainline clergy are more supportive than their congregants of LGBTQ rights, more likely to have opposed the overturn of Roe v. Wade and less likely to believe America is in danger of losing its culture and identity.” - RNS

Sojourners Praises Roe to ‘Ensure that Abortion is Kept Legal’

By Filings on Wed, 05/18/22
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“No longer content to merely minimize the importance for Christians of opposing abortion, a prominent progressive Christian social justice organization now argues that Roe v Wade itself should be upheld.” - Juicy Ecumenism

9 Things You Should Know About Mainline Protestantism

By Filings on Mon, 07/19/21
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“…just as ‘evangelical’ has become a synonym in the public mind with ‘conservative white Protestants,’ this survey shows that ‘mainline’ has come to mean ‘non-evangelical Protestant.’” - TGC

Planned Parenthood announces new clergy advisory board members, many from red states

By Filings on Wed, 04/14/21
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“The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is announcing a new slate of faith leaders for its clergy advisory board who mostly hail from states controlled by Republicans or in the South, a move officials say follows a ‘wave of lawmakers’ such as Georgia Sen.

ELCA declares self a ‘sanctuary church body,’ marches to ICE building in Milwaukee

By Filings on Thu, 08/08/19
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“The action was part of a prayer vigil for migrant children and their families during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly this week at Milwaukee’s Wisconsin Center.” - RNS

Religious Liberals sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.

By Filings on Tue, 06/13/17
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“Faith leaders whose politics falls to the left of center are getting more involved in politics to fight against President Trump’s policies.” NYTimes

Texas faith leaders support Planned Parenthood funding

By Filings on Wed, 12/16/15
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“Ensuring that everyone has access to comprehensive reproductive health care services, including affordable family planning and safe, legal abortion care, is a moral and social good” BNG

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