Why are young evangelicals into social justic?

It is because it is popular, rebellion from our parents or because it is easy (relatively)The Gospel and Social Justice: Toward a Robustly Biblical Conversation – The Gospel Coalition Blog

Sullivan’s article argues that today’s younger evangelicals (the under-30s) are “expanding their mission” by being deeply concerned not with “fire-and-brimstone conservatism”... but with issues like global poverty, creation care, and inner-city education.

For the sake of moving this debate further along, let me suggest another reason many younger evangelicals might find social justice issues so attractive: it’s easy.

No one argues with the need to feed the hungry. But people are killed for the proclamation of the gospel.