Losing the Flock?
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According to Salon's Joe Conason, in the run-up to the elections, the religious right is being riven by ideological crises.
In these final days before the expected Republican apocalypse, the signs and portents of political dissension among the nation's evangelical Christians are unmistakable. From the right, the usual voices of the religious right warn darkly that their restive flocks may resist the GOP call to the polls. From the center and left, newer voices of faith urge Christians to turn away from narrow partisanship toward a broader agenda. Pastors dare to question the corporate conservative orthodoxy on climate change, concern for the poor, the war in Iraq and even the divine inspiration of George W. Bush.
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