It is interesting to see Bishop Harry Jackson slamming President Obama's religious heritage in the pages of the Wall Street Journal. The Harry Jackson I know ought to spend a bit more time getting his own house in order. Here are three of the more telling stories running on Bishop Jackson's views about the environment, money and Christian civility.
Harry's attacks on the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) and other groups supporting environmental regulation:
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/10/7/1788/93949
Harry's characterization of progressive evangelicals like Jim Wallis' views of money as "doctrine of devils":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-king/harry-jackson-jim-wallis_b_1021802.html
CNN report featuring Jackson and his views on preaching about money:
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/01/preachers-confront-the-last-taboo-condemning-greed-amid-great-recession/
EEN's response to attacks like Jackson's:
http://creationcare.org/view.php?id=428
Talking about the global common good and religion's role in promoting it here and around the world.
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