”perhaps
the most liberal of the Mainline Protestant American denominations?”
“his
relationship with the UCC represents the perfect marriage of church and
politician.”
“it draws
on selective Christian teachings and selective Christian traditions to provide
general spiritual comfort and, specifically, to inspire its members to progressive
social activism.”
“The
result of this theology is a transition of focus from a relationship with the
divine to a relationship with man, and to advocacy of very specific social
policies.”
“Accepting
love requires a form of justice that is inclusive of all people, particularly
those who in some way have been marginalized by oppressive social practice.”
“The
mission of the Church is, therefore, to see that those who have been rejected
are included, for justice as inclusion defines public policy.”
“The
result is a practical equivalence between the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and
a particular form of social justice.”
President
Obama’s church, at its core, is thoroughly and officially invested in politics.
“the
church connects members to far-left social-justice resources.”
“There is
remarkable conformity, in fact, between President Obama’s words and policies
and his church’s official positions on public policy — a level of conformity that
would cause alarms to ring across the progressive spectrum if there were
similar Evangelical church statements to which a conservative president
adhered.”
“The UCC
and the rest of the Protestant Mainline offer little religion in the classical
sense, but rather spiritualized politics supplemented with personal inspiration
and self-created meaning — inspiration and meaning that they believe can be
gained from virtually any other major religion.”
“But when
it comes to his civic religion, President Obama is his church’s — and liberal
Christianity’s — great and mighty instrument.”
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