Due to my connection to the Blogdom of God and other similar groups, I have access to more conservative blogs than I care to read. There seems to be a high degree of correlation in the orthodox Christian sector of the blogosphere to political conservatism and support for the Republican party in particular. That's not my bag. That's not to say I'm hard-core Democrat, either. Call me a Casey Democrat if you must label me. I prefer to call myself "extreme center", or as my new quip says, "stuck in the middle with you" (i.e. most ordinary Americans).
Can any of my readers recommend some good moderate or liberal Christian blogs? I'm part of Unright Christians, but what I've encountered thus far seems to be liberal across the board. That's just as undesirable to me as uniform conservatism. I'm looking for blogs that support traditional, orthodox (heck, call it conservative if you wish) Christianity and moderate or liberal politics (within reason). Think along the lines of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Vincent de Paul, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, or Dorothy Day.
Funky Dung
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My friend Steve at Knightopia is pretty orthodox theologically(though he's involved with the emerging church movement and working for Graham Ministries) and rather moderate politically.
His blogging output has gone down recently.
A Pilgrim's Digression is pretty good. Matt's a Catholic Convert, somewhat lapsed, but still a wonderful writer.
Harbinger is Barthian Neo-Orthodox. And Theoblogy tends in that direction and both of them are thought-provoking reads from Princeton Theological Seminry.
dlw
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 3:35 am ¶Could you provide URLs?
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 4:32 am ¶I look forward to reading Harbinger. I like his taste in blog names.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 4:33 am ¶There are a number of us who are libertarian or libertarian-leaning in our politics, although I don't think anyone would call us moderate. Conservative Blog for Peace, Eve Tushnet, and yours truly come quickly to mind.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 2:11 pm ¶Catholic Sensibility
Catholicism, Holiness, and Spirituality
Fides, Spes, Caritas
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
On Pilgrimage in Oklahoma City
don't have the urls memorized, but they are all in my [alphabetical!] blogroll.
karen marie
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 2:46 pm ¶Fr. Jim,
Well, you don't toe the Republican party line, so even if I disagree with your libertarian views, I at least find them interesting.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 3:03 pm ¶Thanks, Karen.
P.S. Are you sure Fides, Spes, Caritas is orthodox? I started reading it after the carnival kerfuffle and what I've seen has been pretty dissident. On the other hand, I have to give him credit for being obedient. He doesn't seem to advocate open rebellion.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 3:07 pm ¶Karen, I added you to my blogroll and to the Apostolic Alliance.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 3:14 pm ¶Have you looked at my blog? I'm pretty orthodox doctrinally but am not politically Republican (or Democrat, either). I reference a lot of others' work across the Christian spectrum, from Focus on the Family to Sojourners. In addition to Transforming Sermons, my own,longer writings are at http://totheword.blogspot.com . Peace.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 7:00 pm ¶I'll look now.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 8:13 pm ¶Try me! I'm new — I could use the traffic. We have some things in common too. http://grucza.blogspot.com
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 9:57 pm ¶Welcome to the blogroll.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 10:22 pm ¶Thanks! I added both your blog and AA links to my homepage.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 11:42 pm ¶Thanks! I added both your blog and AA links to my blogroll.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 at 11:42 pm ¶What's up with the parentheses? Couldn't decide how to list my blog?
The blog is Ales Rarus. My pseudonym is Funky Dung.
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Posted 23 Mar 2005 at 4:08 am ¶I just thought Funky Dung was too cool to leave out. . .And its bound to get you more hits :->
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Posted 23 Mar 2005 at 4:53 am ¶You might like Deep Calls To Deep in the UK. DCTD is associated with the the Vineyard churches, started by John Wimber, but is definitely on the left side of the aisle on a lot of issues.
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Posted 23 Mar 2005 at 8:13 am ¶I get a 403 Forbidden error when trying to access DCTD.
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Posted 23 Mar 2005 at 4:37 pm ¶Matt of "A Pilgrim's Digression" is part of the Sods Brood community. Dhalgren is done by an english literature PhD student/friend of mine. He writes from a post-modern continental perspective.
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Posted 23 Mar 2005 at 7:19 pm ¶The Parish
Bad Christian
Adventus
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Posted 24 Mar 2005 at 6:30 pm ¶You gave the same URL for Bad Christian and The Parish. What's the URL for Bad Christian?
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Posted 24 Mar 2005 at 7:17 pm ¶Go read my buddy Bob Robinson, at vanguardchurch.blogspot.com. He's a TEDS grad, conservative in his theology, and a little wacky…uh, oops, I mean, not real conservative politically…
Actually, I'm more libertarian than Republican myself on a lot of things…
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Posted 26 Mar 2005 at 6:41 am ¶Hugo Schweizer will definitely hold your interest. He's progressive in his Christianity in some ways, e.g. with respect to homosexuality and inerrantism. He's conservative on issues like pornography, some gender issues (though absolutely not with some), and abortion. He's opposed to capital punishment, and I believe he's a complete pacifist as well. He calls this a consistent life ethic, which I think is a loaded term given that there are consistent pro-life pro-capital punishment views and consistent pro-choice anti-capital pubishment views. Still, I highly recommend him. His thoughts are often insightful. He doesn't fit into any box. I read too many blogs, so I don't get around to his site often enough, but I always find something worth reading when I'm there.
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Posted 26 Mar 2005 at 7:22 pm ¶I should mention that my co-blogger Wink is a Democrat who voted for Kerry and blogs on my blog about politics now and then. He's got two recent posts near the top of the blog at the moment. I agree with him almost entirely on both of them, as it happens, but we disagreed a good deal during the election. On matters of theology, we agree on almost everything.
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Posted 26 Mar 2005 at 7:27 pm ¶If you haven't looked at Another Man's Meat, it might be worth a look. Phil is a Democrat in the older tradition. He's more of a social conservative than most Democrats today, and he voted for Bush, but he often will post about things he wishes the Republicans would pay more attention, and he hopes Democrats will abandon many things he does't like about what they do nowadays. You may find a number of things you disagree with him on, but I think you'd like the spirit in which he writes on politics, at least much of the time.
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Posted 26 Mar 2005 at 7:30 pm ¶oops!
Bad Christian
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