From Religion Dispatches-Hand to God, every mainstream commentator on religion and politics has a liturgy—a catechism—they must learn before they are allowed to publish in a big-ticket outlet. It goes like this:
Q: Who promulgated Rerum Novarum?
A: Pope Leo XIII promulgated Rerum Novarum, placing the Catholic church on the side of labor.
Q: Who wrote The Social Gospel?
A: Walter Rauschenbusch wrote the Social Gospel, paving the way for Christian involvement in liberal social reform?
Q: Who twice appeared on the cover of Time magazine?
A: Reinhold Niebuhr twice appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Why doesn’t anyone talk about Reinhold Niebuhr anymore?
Q: Who is the great and only prophet of black liberation in America?
A: Martin Luther King is the great and only prophet.
Q: Who marched with King?
A: Abraham Heschel marched with King.
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http://religiondispatches.org/the-democrats-real-religion-problem-and-all-of-ours/
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