Reclaiming Hope Quotes

“Christians cannot protest for their religious freedom one day and protest against a mosque opening up down the street the next. Not only does that undermine Christian witness in politics, it undermines religious freedom.”
― Michael Wear, Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America

“Unless Americans demand from their party’s politicians something more than zero-sum politics, that is what we will get on religious freedom issues for the foreseeable future.”
― Michael Wear, Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America

“I ask: how much should being on the “right side of history” excuse?”
― Michael Wear, Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America

“In 2010, respected academics David Campbell and Robert Putnam concluded in their landmark book, American Grace, that partisan politics were directly to blame for the rise of religiously unaffiliated Americans.”
― Michael Wear, Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America

“In 2009, our diversity demanded we accept that there will be voices we disagree with in public spaces. In 2013, diversity required us to expel dissent.”
― Michael Wear, Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America