This topic has proved to be a dynamic and interesting one that allows for individuals to explore their own connection to religion, how it relates to their personal politics and how it may have changed over time.
I hope that this exhibit encourages those on the left to engage in what I would call “Deep Activism”, garnering the power of spirituality to develop a connection between leftist ideologies and something deeper.
Additional Reading:
- Griffith, R. Marie, and Melani McAlister. Religion and Politics in the Contemporary United States. Johns Hopkins University Press EBooks, 2008. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA87851827.
- Bean, Lydia. The Politics of Evangelical Identity: Local Churches and Partisan Divides in the United States and Canada. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014.
- Davis, Mike. “The Great God Trump and the White Working Class.” Catalyst 1 (2017): 151–71.
- FitzGerald, Frances. The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America. Toronto: Simon & Schuster, 2017.
- Frosini, Fabio. “Why Does Religion Matter to Politics? Truth and Ideology in a Gramscian Approach.” In The Political Philosophies of Antonio Gramsci and B.R. Ambedkar: Itineraries of Dalits and Subalterns, edited by Cosimo Zene, 173–184. New York: Routledge, 2013.
- Burge, Ryan. “How America’s Youth Lost Its Religion in 1990s.” Ahead of the Trend, January 10, 2023. http://blogs.thearda.com/trend/faith/how-americas-youth-lost-its-religion-in-1990s/.