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# ”Most of the media isn’t comfortable talking about theology.”
- URL: https://www.fannywillman.com/one-reason-that-christianity-is-getting-less-attention-than-democratic-socialism-as-the-election-season-unfolds-is-probably-just-that-most-of-the-media-isnt-comfortable-talking-about-th/
- Published: 2026-09-10T00:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T13:01:07.000Z
- Description: In a New Yorker lede, Bill McKibben makes the case that Democratic Christians may be a political force worth watching.
- Author: Fanny Willman
- Tags: #elsewhere, 2026-09-1

In a [New Yorker lede](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/adam-hamilton-and-taking-back-religion-from-the-right?ref=fannywillman.com) from August 26, [Bill McKibben](https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/bill-mckibben?ref=fannywillman.com) makes the case that Democratic Christians may be a political force worth watching.

There is, of course, James Talarico: media darling, Presbyterian seminarian, snappy, liberal, and blessed with very good hair. 

But McKibben looks beyond the familiar face to Kansas, where Adam Hamilton, pastor of one of the country’s largest United Methodist congregations, is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Hamilton is less famous, less online, and running in a state that has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932.

The piece is worth reading not because Christian Democrats are new but because McKibben asks whether a religious tradition long overshadowed by the Christian right is becoming politically visible again.

McKibben offers one explanation for why this story has received little attention: **“One reason that Christianity is getting less attention than democratic socialism as the election season unfolds is probably just that most most of the media isn’t comfortable talking about theology.”**