July 8, 2005

A Liberal Dose of Religious Fervor

By WARREN GOLDSTEIN

To listen in on debates about the current American political landscape is to be overwhelmed by a tide of print and talk about the importance of religion. But by the odd alchemy of American politics, "religion" has come to mean "politically conservative religion," often used interchangeably with theologically conservative evangelical or fundamentalist Protestantism.

In the wake of the Terri Schiavo battle, the touring Ten Commandments, and a national television broadcast featuring the

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