Tony Campolo as Evangelical Left Icon

Preacher, teacher and activist Tony Campolo, who just died at age 89, was one of the last icons of the old Religious Left. He tried, mostly, to balance orthodox theology with progressive politics, which was difficult in his day and harder today. He counseled President Bill Clinton amid scandal in the 1990s. In 2008 he served on the Democratic Party’s platform writing committee, where he strove to moderate the party’s abortion stance.