{"product_id":"american-prophets-the-religious-roots-of-progressive-politics-and-the-ongoing-fight-for-the-soul-of-the-country-9780062935991","title":"American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the country's most respected religion reporters, a paradigm-shifting discussion of how the Religious Left is actually the moral compass that has long steered America's political debates, including today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the ascendancy of the Religious Right in the 1970s, common wisdom holds that it is a coalition of fundamentalist powerbrokers who are the \"moral majority,\" setting the standard for conservative Christian values and working to preserve the status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, as national religion reporter Jack Jenkins contends, the country is also driven by a vibrant, long-standing moral force from the left. Constituting an amorphous group of interfaith activists that goes by many names and takes many forms, this coalition has operated since America's founding -- praying, protesting, and marching for common goals that have moved society forward. Throughout our history, the Religious Left has embodied and championed the progressive values at the heart of American democracy--abolition, labor reform, civil rights, environmental preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his years of reporting, Jenkins examines the re-emergence of progressive faith-based activism, detailing its origins and contrasting its goals with those of the Religious Right. Today's rapidly expanding interfaith coalition -- which includes Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and other faiths -- has become a force within the larger \"resistance\" movement. Jenkins profiles Washington political insiders--including former White House staffers and faith outreach directors for the campaigns of Barack Obama, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton--as well as a new generation of progressive faith leaders at the forefront today, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRev. William Barber II, leader of North Carolina's Moral Mondays and co-chair of the nationwide Poor People's campaign\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinda Sarsour, co-chair of the Women's March\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRev. Traci Blackmon, a pastor near Ferguson, Missouri who works to lift up black liberation efforts across the country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSister Simone Campbell, head of the Catholic social justice lobby and the \"Nuns on the Bus\" tour organizer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNative American \"water protectors\" who demonstrated against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exciting reevaluation of America's moral center and an inspiring portrait of progressive faith-in-action, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Prophets\u003c\/em\u003e will change the way we think about the intersection of politics and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenkins, Jack:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - JACK JENKINS is a national reporter for Religion News Service and a former Senior Religion Reporter for ThinkProgress. His work has also been published in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and he is cited regularly in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, National Public Radio, MSNBC, and other top media outlets. He is a regular guest on radio shows and podcasts, including ABC, BBC, various NPR affiliates, Sirius XM, Vox.com's \u003cem\u003eToday Explained\u003c\/em\u003e podcast, and many others. A graduate of Presbyterian College, Jenkins earned his Master of Divinity at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50479047966994,"sku":"9780062935991","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17a25c2c-696b-4cea-97f5-b3b169bd6171.jpg?v=1730309025","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-prophets-the-religious-roots-of-progressive-politics-and-the-ongoing-fight-for-the-soul-of-the-country-9780062935991","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}