My copy of Dispatches from the Religious Left arrived yesterday and, since the book launch is next week, I thought I'd crack it open and review some of the essays this weekend.  The book is divided in three parts: "Envisioning a more politically dynamic Religious Left", "Memos on hot button issues", and "Getting from here to there".  So my plan is to review one essay from each chapter in the next couple of days.

First up is "Religious Left: Changing the Script", by Daniel Schultz, better known to many blog readers as Pastor Dan of Street Prophets.

PastorDan's essay is characteristically blunt and honest.  It opens with a none-too-subtle reproach to Religious Leftists: "What the Religious Left is doing is not working!".

Update: PastorDan responds, and discusses the role of questioning in liberal religious traditions, as compared to the role of religion in conservative traditions. Fascinating stuff, and it reminds me a little of those charts Paul Rosenberg likes to toss up at OpenLeft. Check it out!

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