{"id":2463,"date":"2011-02-08T17:30:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T17:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2011\/02\/consumer-protection-chief-seek.php"},"modified":"2011-02-08T17:30:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T17:30:05","slug":"consumer-protection-chief-seek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/02\/consumer-protection-chief-seek","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Protection Chief Seeks Allies in Faith Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHIGNTON (RNS) The architect of the Obama administration&#8217;s new consumer protection bureau met with faith-based groups Tuesday (Feb. 8) in a bid to shape the agency&#8217;s work as a moral crusade.<br \/>\n&#8220;The most recent financial crisis caused many to question the moral underpinnings of our financial dealings with each other,&#8221; Elizabeth Warren, a former Harvard University law professor who was appointed last year to start the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.<br \/>\n&#8220;Our laws reflect who we are and they shape who we become. To pursue regulatory change without reflecting on its moral dimension would be wrong,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nWarren met Tuesday with about 20 Christian and Jewish religious leaders to get their input on focusing the bureau&#8217;s work, and to hear stories of how the financial crisis has affected their communities.<br \/>\nHer meeting included representatives of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Sojourners and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.<br \/>\nA former Sunday school teacher and a United Methodist, Warren said moral and religious traditions have long informed rules about fair lending. &#8220;The Bible speaks about not cheating people,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nShe hopes the bureau&#8217;s fledgling partnership with religious leaders will eventually extend from the pulpits to the pews to educate Americans on how to avoid becoming victims of risky financial schemes.<br \/>\n&#8220;They&#8217;re not merely passers-along of information,&#8221; she said. &#8220;These are people who have thought deeply about a financial crisis that has moral and spiritual dimensions. I want this agency to be informed by the deeper thinking that they&#8217;ve brought to these issues.<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211; ADELLE M. 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