Spiritual left refers to a spiritually or religiously based position that shares the social transformative vision of the
left and its commitment to social justice, peace, economic equality, and (in recent years) ecological consciousness, but who base their commitment on spiritual or religious traditions.
Two present-day examples of spiritual leftism are
Jim Wallis
James E. Wallis Jr. (born June 4, 1948) is an American theologian, writer, teacher and political activist. He is best known as the founder and editor of ''Sojourners'' magazine and as the founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Christian commu ...
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editor of ''
Sojourners
''Sojourners'' is a Progressive Christianity, progressive monthly magazine and daily online publication of the American Christian social justice organization Sojourners, which arose out of the Sojourners Community. It was first published in 197 ...
'' magazine, who finds a call for peace and for the elimination of poverty in the Christian Gospel and Rabbi
Michael Lerner, editor of ''
Tikkun'' magazine, calling for a "New Bottom Line" where productivity, efficiency and rationality would be judged not only in material terms, but also in terms of love, generosity, peace, social justice, ecological sanity and awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe.
See also
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Buddhist socialism
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Christian left
The Christian left is a range of left-wing Christian political and social movements that largely embrace social justice principles and uphold a social doctrine or social gospel.
Given the inherent diversity in international political thoug ...
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Christian socialism
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Engaged Spirituality
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Islamic socialism
Islamic socialism is a political philosophy that incorporates Islamic principles into socialism. As a term, it was coined by various Muslim leaders to describe a more spiritual form of socialism. Islamic socialists believe that the teachings ...
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Islamo-leftism
Islamo-leftism ( fa, چپ اسلامی; french: islamo(-)gauchisme, es, Islamo-izquierdismo), adjectivally Islamo-leftist (french: islamo(-)gauchiste, links=no), is a neologism applied to the alleged political alliance between Left-wing politics, ...
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Jewish left
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Network of Spiritual Progressives
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