“New Evangelical”-Progressive Alliance? Not So Fast
Sarah Posner of Religion Dispatches contemplates a recent essay titled, “Evangelicals who have left the right,” published at The Immanent Frame. Written by author Marcia Pally, the essay pronounces a new movement in which evangelicals are shifting from conservative to progressive. Posner questions the thesis, writing, “Perhaps it’s more accurate to say they’ve left the radical right and are in the process of creating a new religious right, stripped of harsh rhetoric but still undergirded by conservative ideology.”