“Liberal evangelicals”

In the March Washington Monthly, Charles Peters asks:

… isn't it possible that those of us who believe in a social gospel could reach the evangelicals by challenging them to express their gratitude by helping their fellow man — not only with personal acts of kindness and generosity but also by political actions through which their love can reach beyond their personal circle?

That's a very good question. I spent the 1990s working for and with Evangelicals for Social Action offering precisely this challenge to American evangelicals. To the extent that I have a calling in life, this is it.

So after more than 15 years of asking this question, wrestling with it and banging my head against it, I think I have an answer for Peters:

Yes.

And no.

That's the short version. The longer version will take some time to explore. Hence the new category for this post: "evangelicals." More TK.