Dispatches from the religious left : the future of faith and politics in America / edited by Frederick Clarkson ; introduction by Joan Brown Campbell ; afterword by Jeff Sharlet.

Introduction / Joan Brown Campbell -- Editor's Introduction / Frederick Clarkson -- Pt. I. Envisioning a More Politically Dynamic Religious Left -- Hillel's Questions: A Call for Leadership / Marshall Ganz -- Religious Left: Changing the Script / Daniel Schultz -- Not by Outrage Alone / Katherine Ragsdale -- Religious Right, Religious Left / Chip Berlet -- Who's God? Faith, Democracy, and the Malting of an Authentic Religious Left / Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou -- Pt. II. Memos on Hot Button Issues -- A Progressive Vision of Church-State Relations / Barry Lynn -- Towards a Theology of Sexual Justice / Debra Haffner and Timothy Palmer -- Reproductive Justice and a Comprehensive Social Justice Ethic / Carlton Veazey -- Creationism, Evolution, and the Integrity of Science and Religion / Peter Hess -- Take it from a Stem Cell Catholic / Frank Cocozzelli -- Are We More Devoted to Order or to Justice? / Kety Esquivel -- Pt. III. Getting from Here to There -- Wrong about the Right / Jean Hardisty and Deepak Bhargava -- Thoughts about Power, Organization and Leadership / Marshall Ganz -- Organizing Clergy for Marriage Equality in Massachusetts / Leo Maley -- The Organizing Model of We Believe Ohio / Anastasia Pantsios -- Three Wheels that Need Not Be Reinvented / Frederick Clarkon -- Using New Media to Strengthen the Religious Left / Shelby Meyerhoff and Shai Sachs -- The Funding Challenges of the Religious Left / Peter Laarman -- I Don't Believe in Atheists / Chris Hedges -- Afterword / Jeff Sharlet.

"Over the past thirty years, while the Religious Right has developed into one of the most powerful forces in American politics, the Religious Left - despite having a rich historical tradition of leading social change in the United States - has been unable to develop into a movement with the scale or coherence of the Religious Right." "Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America is a groundbreaking and visionary collection that offers a progressive counter-voice to the Religious Right's dominance over the religious conversation in America." "Edited by Frederick Clarkson, with an introduction by Joan Brown Campbell and an afterword by Jeff Sharlet, Dispatches features many of today's most prominent progressive religious voices. Taken together, the bold, energetic and forward-looking essays in this essential collection show how we can begin to build a thriving and dynamic Religious Left that can offer a new and healthier religious and political direction for this country."--BOOK JACKET.