Since the ascendancy of the Religious Right in the 1970s, the prevailing notion is that the country’s moral agenda—and its governing principles—are determined by a coalition of fundamentalist powerbrokers, who work to preserve conservative values and maintain the status quo, all in the name of Christian faith. But, as national religion reporter Jack Jenkins argues in this paradigm-shifting discussion of religion and politics in America, the country's actual driving moral force has always come from left, in both the pulpits and in the streets. For centuries, progressive faith movements have forged broad coalitions from various and often incongruous factions that team up to pinch societal pressure points for a common goal. And, today a new generation of progressive faith leaders are continuing this tradition, shaping the country’s moral agenda and setting its political debates. Drawing on his decades-long reporting, Jenkins examines the re-emergence of progressive faith-based activism after decades of perceived dormancy.