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Rogers[edit]

I've removed Mr. Rogers from this list, he was a children's TV host, unaware that he was ever known for strong political convictions right, left or otherwise...In any event he was an ordained Pastor in the liberal-leaning Presbyterian Church USA which would make him irrelevant to a discussion on Evangelicalism.

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I removed Bono from the list of people because although he was one time affiliated with a charasmatic Christian group and still describes himself as a "Believer", he hasn't exemplified himself as an "Evangelical Christian".

Additionally, I removedFirst Things from the publications list as it is a Conservative Catholic Magazine and thus scarcely resembles the Evangelical Left.

I am removing Erickson's "The Evangelical Left" from the publications list as it is actually a fairly disparaging critique rather than a book that accurately lays out the positions of those who would be considered on the Evangelical Left. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.186.78.55 (talk) 09:37, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]


I think part of the problem with this article (aside from the lack of sources) is found in its poor ability to define just what "evangelical left" means. For some, Bono is included (as would be anyone else from a charismatic background). For others, he isn't evangelical at all (though he was used as an example in an evangelical seminary's discussion of one end of the evangelical spectrum in the last ten years). Roman Catholic writings can sometimes be included under the "evangelical" label if they agree to a definition of Christian that agrees with other groups in the same label. For most large research groups (Pew, Barna, Gallup, etc), "evangelical" refers to something that is "trans-bloc" (going across denominations). Further removing "disparaging critiques" hardly helps this article since it needs to be able to present all sides of an issue. The fact that Erickson was published and is well-regarded in the evangelical community as a whole should perhaps give him the right to be heard here, even if his work has to be balanced with other sources (of which, again, there are currently none). --eleuthero (talk) 21:07, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions...[edit]

How about Rob Bell, Gregory Boyd and Brian McClaren? - wikitedium

Not very much clarity here. What does it mean to be "theologically left wing"? DJ Clayworth (talk) 19:50, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good question! I thought theology was something that don't fit into political classification schemes. Maybe another of those weird "liberal" = "liberal theology" misconceptions? Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 14:35, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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