Organization:Network of Spiritual Progressives

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Network of Spiritual Progressives
TypeNon-profit / NGO
Fieldsmoney in politics, global poverty, peace in the middle east[1]
Key people
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Sister Joan Chittister
Cornel West[2]
Websitehttp://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).

Template:Progressivism sidebarAs of December 2007, the NSP had chapters in 31 states as well as Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; and in Costa Rica.

Basic tenets

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

References

  1. ↑ "Press Center". http://spiritualprogressives.org/newsite/?page_id=40. Retrieved 11 January 2017. 
  2. ↑ "NSP Co-Founders". https://spiritualprogressives.org/who-we-are/history/. Retrieved January 14, 2020. 
  3. ↑ Kirkwood, Peter (April 9, 2010). "Rabbi takes on Religious Right". Eureka Street. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=20495. 
  4. ↑ Spencer, Metta (Oct–Dec 2007). "Progressive Spirit: A Conversation with Rabbi Michael Lerner". Peace Magazine. http://archive.peacemagazine.org/v23n4p16.htm. 
  5. ↑ Lerner, Michael (April 6, 2006). "Bringing God Into It". The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060424/lerner. 
  6. ↑ "Our Team". Network of Spiritual Progressives. https://spiritualprogressives.org/index.php/who-we-are/our-team/. 
  7. ↑ "Our Mission". Network of Spiritual Progressives. http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php/tenets. 

Further reading

  • Michael Lerner, The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right (New York: HarperCollins, 2006). ISBN 0-06-084247-4.
  • Jim Wallis, God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (New York: HarperCollins, 2005). ISBN 0-06-055828-8.



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