Religious Progressives?
Peter Steinfels July 25, 2013 - 11:58am http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/religious-progressives Are religious progressives the wave of the future? That is the conclusion that a number of people have drawn from Do Americans Believe Capitalism & Government Are Working? , the study that has already been discussed here following posts by Paul Moses and myself. Besides surveying Americans on economic conditions, inequality, capitalism, government economic policy, and religious values, the study paid special attention to what it considered the understudied counter to the religious right, namely “religious progressives.” By combining scales measuring Americans’ views on theological, social, and economic issues, the study concludes that 28% of the population are religious conservatives, 38% are religious moderates, and 19% are religious progressives. The latter, however, may have prospects that those numbers belie. F...