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.
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.
The Parish
Bad Christian
Adventus
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
Could you provide URLs?
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. 😉
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…
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.
I get a 403 Forbidden error when trying to access DCTD.
I just thought Funky Dung was too cool to leave out. . .And its bound to get you more hits :->
I look forward to reading Harbinger. I like his taste in blog names. 😉
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.
I’ll look now. 🙂
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.
Karen, I added you to my blogroll and to the Apostolic Alliance.
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.
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
oops!
Bad Christian
Thanks! I added both your blog and AA links to my blogroll.
Thanks! I added both your blog and AA links to my homepage.
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.
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.
Try me! I’m new — I could use the traffic. We have some things in common too. http://grucza.blogspot.com
Welcome to the blogroll. 🙂 I also added you to the Apostolic Alliance. Think about promoting it on your site. For more info, read this.
What’s up with the parentheses? Couldn’t decide how to list my blog? 😉
The blog is Ales Rarus. My pseudonym is Funky Dung.
You gave the same URL for Bad Christian and The Parish. What’s the URL for Bad Christian?
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.