Teavangelicals
Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition is enjoying the fruits of a successful midterm election, claiming the Tea Party for his evangelical own and hanging that claim on a new poll that queried Tuesday's voters. There's a strong overlap between the Tea Party and what Reed would call his party; he calls them Teavangelicals. But how come we still need to be concerned with evangelicals when they're supposedly old and white and powerless? Laura Flanders of GRITv asks that question of The Revealer founder, Jeff Sharlet. Enter "gatekeeper" Jim DeMint and the theology of helping the poor by serving the rich. So where's the press? Click here for the video.
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Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition is enjoying the fruits of a successful midterm election, claiming the Tea Party for his evangelical own and hanging that claim on a new poll that queried Tuesday’s voters. There’s a strong overlap between the Tea Party and what Reed would call his party; he calls them Teavangelicals. But how come we still need to be concerned with evangelicals when they’re supposedly old and white and powerless? Laura Flanders of GRITv asks that question of The Revealer founder, Jeff Sharlet. Enter “gatekeeper” Jim DeMint and the theology of helping the poor by serving the rich. So where’s the press?