Network of Spiritual Progressives
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| Type | Non-profit / NGO |
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| Fields | money in politics, global poverty, peace in the middle east[2] |
Key people | Rabbi Michael Lerner Sister Joan Chittister Cornel West[1] |
| Website | http://spiritualprogressives.org/ |
The Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) is an international political and social justice movement based in the United States that seeks to influence American politics towards more humane, progressive values.[3][4] The organization also challenges what it perceives as the misuse of religion by political conservatives and the anti-religious attitudes of many liberals.[5] In the international sphere, the NSP seeks to foster inter-religious understanding and work for social justice.
The NSP was founded in 2005 by Rabbi Michael Lerner, who served as co-director of the organization with Cornel West and Sister Joan Chittister. Michael Lerner's widow, Cat Zavis, is the current Executive Director. [6] More than 1,200 activists attended each of the group's conferences in Berkeley, California (July 2005) and Washington, D.C. (May 2006).
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As of December 2007, the NSP had chapters in 31 states as well as Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; and in Costa Rica.
Basic tenets
[edit | edit source]The Network of Spiritual Progressives was founded based on three basic tenets:
- Changing the bottom line in America.
- Challenging the misuse of religion, God and spirit by the Religious Right.
- Challenging the many anti-religious and anti-spiritual assumptions and behaviors that have increasingly become part of the liberal culture.[7]
See also
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Michael Lerner, The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right (New York: HarperCollins, 2006). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Jim Wallis, God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (New York: HarperCollins, 2005). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
External links
[edit | edit source]- Network of Spiritual Progressives
- The Tikkun Community, parent organization of the Network of Spiritual Progressives
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