The Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative of the Center for American Progress works to identify and articulate the moral-ethical and spiritual values underpinning policy issues, shape a progressive stance in which these values are clear, and increase public awareness and understanding of these values. Faith and Progressive Policy also works to safeguard the healthy separation of church and state that has allowed religion in our country to flourish.
Faith and Progressive Policy works in all of its efforts to promote a society and government that strengthen the common good and respect the basic dignity of all people, and informs CAP’s wide-ranging efforts to promote a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all.
Faith and Reproductive Justice Leadership Institute:
The Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at the Center for American Progress is seeking a diverse group of faith-based leaders to lend their voice, commitment, and leadership to the reproductive health, rights, and justice movement.
Featured Content
People of Faith Rally for Unemployment Benefits:
Faith groups gather in the nation’s capital to push for the extension of unemployment benefits, writes Catherine Woodiwiss.
The ‘Green’ Pope Weighs in on Durban Climate Talks:
Catherine Woodiwiss showcases the many different Christian religious organizations speaking out at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in South Africa.
Religious Voices Loud and Clear at Keystone XL Protests:
Catherine Woodiwiss reports on how faith groups around the country banded together to condemn a tar sands pipeline from Canada.
The Vatican and Occupy Wall Street Agree on a Just Economy:
A note late last month from the Catholic Church’s governing body calling for economic fairness should strike a chord with the protesters, says Jake Paysour.
Progressive Faith Groups Need to Speak Up Against Personhood Amendment in Mississippi:
Far-right religious organizations are claiming the holy high ground in an effort to pass a measure that would make a fertilized egg a person, write Sally Steenland and Eleni Towns. Faith and secular groups must work together to defeat it.
Faith Groups Lend Diverse Voices to the Occupy Movement:
Catherine Woodiwiss and Jake Paysour document how religious establishments of all stripes are finding common cause with the protesters.
Conservative Religious Organizations Wage Another Contraception Battle:
Religious organizations are fighting to be exempt from a federal rule requiring contraception in employer health programs even if the vast majority of their employees use birth control, writes Sally Steenland.
National Coming Out Day in Church:
Eleni Towns presents five ways that major Christian groups support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality in our nation.
The 9/11 Generation :
Eleni Towns examines how the Millennial generation was affected by 9/11.
Podcasts
- Faith on the Front Lines of Climate Protection: An Interview with Joelle Novey
- Stopping Wage Theft: An Interview with Kim Bobo
- The Vatican, Occupy Wall Street, and Jerry Falwell's Legacy: Interview with Michael Sean Winters
- The Role of Faith Groups in Foreign Aid and Development: An Interview with Zeenat Rahman, Acting Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Initiatives at the U.S. Agency for International Development
- An America for All of Us: Elevating South Asian Voices After 9/11