Democracy Now : December 25 : Progressive Christian Leaders. Touched By A Wonderful Life / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - Democracy Now is a daily election year program which takes an in-depth look at the political landscape and interviews visionaries from all walks of life, including members of grassroots organizations who challenge the status quo. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (3:00) -- pt.2. Religion and Activism| Christian activism that focuses on women's rights, feeding the hungry, housing the homeless and comforting the sick| guests Reverand Dr. James Forbes, head of NY's Riverside Church, one of the largest multicultural congregations in the country and has taken a leading role in fighting for social justice and Dr. Delores Williams, a professor of theology and culture at Union Theological Seminary in New York who advocates "womanism" or the lifting up of women of color and rescue feminism from cynacism and irrelevancy and Dr. Jack Shelton, an ordained Presbyterian minister who runs a program for Rural Service and Research in Alabama and Jim Wallis, author of the book, Who Speaks for God (16:00) -- pt.3. More on Religion and Activism (19:00) -- pt.4. More on Religion and Activism (4:00) -- pt.5. Touched by a Wonderful Life| Touched by an Angel with It's a Wonderful Life| guest Karen Friedman and th Oh So Politically Correct Players (13:00) - Broadcast on December 24, 1996.
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