James Talarico wants to “reclaim Christianity for the left.” That’s the title of the New York Times interview with Talarico—currently running for Senate in Texas—and the phrasing is revealing. One does not reclaim what one currently possesses.
The progressive mainline, whatever else may be said of it, has not possessed a vibrant, living Christianity in a very long time. That the New York Times would frame the question this way is, at least, an honest, if ironic, admission of defeat.
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