Muder

Doug Muder aka Pericles is reading the book I keep meaning to start: James Ault's Spirit and Flesh: Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church —and he has extracted two important lessons from it.

Philocrites: The conservative sky is falling. 2005

But if our lives and outlooks are as different as Muder points out in his article, how can we ever truly welcome and integrate working people into our congregations?

Philocrites: Responses to 'Liberal religion and the working class.' 2007

The working class, according to Muder, "sells their time for money".

Philocrites: Responses to 'Liberal religion and the working class.' 2007

The answer is in recognizing one value of working class life that Muder completely missed in his analysis.

Philocrites: Responses to 'Liberal religion and the working class.' 2007

Free and Responsible Search: Religious and philosophical writing. —Doug Muder [Blogger: current] See also his political writing at Pericles [DailyKos: sporadic]

Philocrites: Guide to UU blogs. 2007

The working class, according to Muder, "sells their time for money".

Philocrites: September 2007 Archives 2007

I'll try to forward it to some conservative Chrisitans I know because Muder does make some assertions about them and it would be worthwhile getting their feedback.

Doug Muder: Red Family, Blue Family -- the sermon Bill Baar 2006

Muder has the sermon posted on his blog and I posted a comment.

Doug Muder: Red Family, Blue Family -- the sermon Bill Baar 2006

This dimension of things is captured well also in a comment by Morley on the thread "What Religious Liberals and Conservatives Have in Common: A Sermon by Doug Muder":

Abusive Families and the Pattern of Fascism 2006

Muder explains first that political ideologues see the pope in their own image, but that John Paul II's legacy is broader than ideological stereotypes:

Philocrites: April 2005 Archives 2005