The Religious Left

In this episode, Sophy, Kelly, and guests discuss the Religious Left: why and how did Christianity come to be associated with the Republican Party in the US; what is the Religious, or Christian, Left; what political issues are important to the Religious Left; how can the Democratic Party connect with the Religious Left without alienating unaffiliatied or nonreligious voters. In the first segment, Sophy and Kelly speak with Scott Robinson, an interfaith minister and hospice chaplain, and Ryan Fordice, Campaign and Engagement Manager at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. In the second segment, they speak with Sarah Ogelsby-Dunegan, Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka. In the third segment, Kelly speaks with Jenna Reinbold, an Assistant Professor of Religion at Colgate University. NOTE: We are focusing in this episode on Christian and Christian-adjacent traditions. We plan in future episodes to discuss non-Christian religious politics.