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Eugene

(62,627 posts)
Mon Nov 13, 2023, 09:49 AM Nov 2023

There's another Christian movement that's changing our politics. It has nothing to do with whiteness or nationalism

Source: CNN

There’s another Christian movement that’s changing our politics. It has nothing to do with whiteness or nationalism

Analysis by John Blake, CNN
10 minute read
Updated 8:03 AM EST, Mon November 13, 2023

(CNN) — Just days before he would lead an unprecedented strike against the Big Three automakers, Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers, did something extraordinary.

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Fain started talking about his Christian faith. He cited scripture, including Matthew 17:20–21, where Jesus told his disciples that if they have faith the size of a mustard seed they can move mountains because “nothing will be impossible for you.” He said that for UAW members, organizing and making bold demands of automakers was “an act of faith in each other.”

“Great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm calculation,” added Fain, who often carries his grandmother’s Bible. “It wasn’t logic that caused Moses to raise his staff on the bank of the Red Sea. It wasn’t common sense that caused Paul to abandon the law and embrace grace. And it wasn’t a confident committee that prayed in a small room in Jerusalem for Peter’s release from prison. It was a fearful, desperate, band of believers that were backed into a corner.”

Fain’s faith did move a corporate mountain — three, to be exact. After a six-week campaign of strikes, the UAW reached a historic agreement with General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Chrysler-owner Stellantis that would give workers their biggest pay raise in decades. The victory (it still has to be ratified by UAW members) not only reinvigorated an emboldened labor movement in the US, it also marked the revival of another movement in America: the Social Gospel.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/13/us/social-gospel-movement-uaw-strike-blake-cec/index.html

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There's another Christian movement that's changing our politics. It has nothing to do with whiteness or nationalism (Original Post) Eugene Nov 2023 OP
I wish more religious people would focus on issues like this. walkingman Nov 2023 #1
I like religionists who keep their religionizing to themselves nt msongs Nov 2023 #2
Progressive Christianity is on the move! The Great Open Dance Oct 4 #3

walkingman

(8,300 posts)
1. I wish more religious people would focus on issues like this.
Mon Nov 13, 2023, 10:03 AM
Nov 2023

It seems to me that making this world a better place is more important than just one that comes after we die.

3. Progressive Christianity is on the move!
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:38 AM
Oct 4

Yes, there are many civic leaders today who are openly stating their faith and their concern for social justice. It's inspiring and I hope it continues. I envision a progressive coalition consisting of atheists, Christians, and agnostics, and all faiths, working together to make America a better country.

Thank you,

Jon Paul Sydnor

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