Network of Spiritual Progressives
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| Type | Non-profit / NGO |
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| Fields | money in politics, global poverty, peace in the middle east[1] |
Key people | Rabbi Michael Lerner Sister Joan Chittister Cornel West[2] |
| Website | http://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).
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As of December 2007, the NSP had chapters in 31 states as well as Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; and in Costa Rica.
Basic tenets
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Press Center". Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "NSP Co-Founders". Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Kirkwood, Peter (April 9, 2010). "Rabbi takes on Religious Right". Eureka Street.
- ^ Spencer, Metta (Oct–Dec 2007). "Progressive Spirit: A Conversation with Rabbi Michael Lerner". Peace Magazine.
- ^ Lerner, Michael (April 6, 2006). "Bringing God Into It". The Nation.
- ^ "Our Team". Network of Spiritual Progressives.
- ^ "Our Mission". Network of Spiritual Progressives.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
External links
[edit]- Network of Spiritual Progressives
- The Tikkun Community, parent organization of the Network of Spiritual Progressives