The Christian left.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at windmills - Brief article

There have been a number of recent articles, including one on Newsweek.com and another in the L.A. Times, about a growing openness of evangelicals to a Christianity that emphasizes help to the needy and responsibility for the environment. My son Chris tells me he has seen this tendency among the evangelicals in the church he attends in California. In a tiny but revealing illustration of what's going on, his pastor's son just gave his son the middle name Bono. The secret, Chris said, is to be able to talk frankly and unashamedly about...