This isn't a religious revival. It's a desire to appear to be
doing the religious thing, but at the lowest personal cost
possible. That's why you don't see justice, but its
opposite.
As an evangelical with progressive political leanings, I have to
say that I find comments like this (which I've seen just about
everywhere lately) extraordinarily depressing. Frankly, I don't see
how mass generalizations regarding the motivations of evangelicals
are any less ignorant than the worst statements of the religious
right.
I do think the original question is an interesting one--though
there is certainly a concern about social justice in American
evangelical churches, it's not what gets publicity. I would observe
that (1) yes, many pro-life evangelicals would consider their work
in that field to be social justice and (2) a lot of evangelical
social justice work is done internationally by missionaries.
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