By Roger L. Martin & Sally Osberg — 2007
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
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Barber’s newsmaking actions were founded on the idea that being a person of faith means fighting for justice.
First-century Christians weren’t prepared for what a truly inclusive figure he was, and what was true then is still true today.
I speak as someone who has struggled with, and in some cases regretted, her decisions at the ballot box, and who recognizes that no single political party boasts a consistent pro-life ethic, just as no single political party embodies the teachings of Jesus or the values of his kingdom.
Barber makes clear his belief that the role of Christians is to call for social justice and allow the “rejected stones” of American society—the poor, people of color, women, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, religious minorities—to lead the way.
Op-Ed: His papacy has been a consistent rebuke to American culture-war Christianity in politics.