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Can the past point us to the future?

The Alternative Mainstream ― Swartz guides us down the baby boomer’s memory lane, evoking images of flames in Watts, Newark, and Detroit – and black arm bands and student marches and tear gas and police riots and F-4’s and B-52’s and U.S. marines dodging Hue’s snipers in the ...

Tags: Abortion & Prolife, New Evangelical, Politics, Social Justice, Asbury University, Consistent Life

AlternativeMainstrem ― 30 weeks ago

“Almost Amish”: Cultural and spiritual wisdom in a horse-drawn buggy

The Alternative Mainstream ― Nancy Sleeth has eaten the fish and spat out the bones. She looks beyond the group's obvious flaws, learns from their attributes and applies their lessons in "Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest For a Slower, Simpler, and More Sustainable Life." The...

Tags: Culture, Environment, Global Warming, New Evangelical, Spirituality, Almost Amish

AlternativeMainstrem ― 49 weeks ago

New Evangelicals free a hijacked movement

The Alternative Mainstream ― A telling statistic: In 2009, 35 percent of evangelicals identified themselves as Democrats and 34 percent as Republicans. The rest were independents. In other words, most evangelicals aren't even voting in this year's GOP primaries. Another: 64...

Tags: Church & State, Culture, New Evangelical, Politics, Social Justice, Spirituality

AlternativeMainstrem ― 18 Feb, 12

The price of savoring delusion

The Alternative Mainstream ― Legends, fables, and myths crumpled beneath a freak October snow storm in Connecticut this past week. Leaf-laden trees fell and yanked wires and plunged vast numbers into a power outage. Tales are told of families braving cold in dark living ...

Tags: Environment, Faith & Action, Faith & Scripture, New Evangelical, Politics, Connecticut Light And Power

AlternativeMainstrem ― 4 Nov, 11

What is an evangelical?

The Alternative Mainstream ― Lisa Sharon Harper discusses the historic meaning of "evangelical." Some of this will sound familiar -- conversion to Christ within the context of a Bible-centered faith -- but some will not. Social action was key to such teachers as Charles ...

Tags: Faith & Spirtuality, New Evangelical, Uncategorized, Videos & Media, Charles Finney, Evangelical

AlternativeMainstrem ― 22 Oct, 11

Being there; doing that; listening, commending and advising

The Alternative Mainstream ― Faith leaders have joined the "Occupy Wall Street" throngs and and have given us their thoughts. Some samples ...

Tags: Culture, Ethics, Faith & Action, New Evangelical, Politics, Social Justice

AlternativeMainstrem ― 15 Oct, 11

Wisdom from Pat Robertson

The Alternative Mainstream ― The good reverend and television host caught a glimpse of what Martin Luther King and Billy Graham once saw: Endorsing political candidates inflates a Church leader's ego but diminishes his or her influence. We rob ourselves of objectivity. We ...

Tags: Politics, Uncategorized, Christian Right, New Evangelical, Pat Robertson, Political Theology

AlternativeMainstrem ― 5 Oct, 11

Are Christian Zionists Doing Israel any favors?

The Alternative Mainstream ― A question: Is it necessary to be anti-Palestinian in order to be pro-Israel?  Must we always bow before the wishes of a blustering Benjamin Netanyahu, bent as he is on “creating facts” by building more Israeli settlements?  It seems the answer ...

Tags: Ethics, New Evangelical, Politics, Religious Dialogue, Social Justice, War And Peace

AlternativeMainstrem ― 22 Sep, 11

Interrogation verses torture: One is good and necessary; the other is terrible and desctructive

The Alternative Mainstream ― I've been in e-mail contact with Jennifer Bryson after she found my obscure internet rants when Terry Jones threatened to burn the Qur'an. I soon discovered that her education makes mine look like glorified day care: she got a BA after studying...

Tags: Church & State, Ethics, Islam, New Evangelical, Uncategorized, Ethics Of Torture

AlternativeMainstrem ― 14 Sep, 11

The Nightmare of the Dark Side

The Alternative Mainstream ― Attempts at psychoanalyzing politicians are almost inevitably unfair and fruitless. Their protective smiles halt us at their personality’s foyer. They’re evaluating us: Potential ally? Political friend? Foe? Keep them all close – especially ...

Tags: Politics, Social Justice, Dick Cheney, New Evangelical, New Evangelicals For The Common Good, Progressive Evangelical

AlternativeMainstrem ― 6 Sep, 11

Denying the deniers

The Alternative Mainstream ― Deniers of climate change, including many Republican Presidential candidates, often cite statistics promoted in The Great Global Warming Swindle, which premiered in Britain in 2007. I've encountered them myself in several e-mails. Peter Sinclair's...

Tags: Creation Care, Environment, Ethics, Global Warming, New Evangelical, Politics

AlternativeMainstrem ― 20 Aug, 11

Video of the month, August 2011: Rich Nathan: A Both/And Church

The Alternative Mainstream ― Rich Nathan, pastor of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Columbus, Ohio, discusses false contradictions and why it is necessary to be both-and Christians.

Tags: Social Justice, New Evangelical, Ethics, Videos & Media, New Evangelical, Progressive Evangelical

AlternativeMainstrem ― 12 Aug, 11

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