{"id":623,"date":"2014-06-07T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/06\/the-stunning-resurgence-of-progressive-christianity.html"},"modified":"2014-06-07T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T18:37:00","slug":"the-stunning-resurgence-of-progressive-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/06\/the-stunning-resurgence-of-progressive-christianity.html","title":{"rendered":"The Stunning Resurgence of Progressive Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Anyone born within the last 50 years would be justified in thinking that Jesus\u2019 teachings and Christian preachings were the exclusive domain of social and fiscal conservatives. The \u201970s, \u201980s, and \u201990s were dominated by Christians with names like Falwell, Robertson, and Dobson who leveraged television and radio to make theirs the default religious voice in America.<\/span><\/div>\n
While important Liberation, Black, Womanist and Feminist theology was being lived out in communities around the world, when the media wanted a \u201crepresentative\u201d Christian voice it generally turned to these men with the largest megaphones who brought their faith language to conservative political stances on issues such as abortion, the role of women, LGBT rights, the death penalty, social welfare and war.<\/span><\/div>\n
But that is so #TBT (ThrowBackThursday). There has been a largely unnoticed but radical movement over the last decade during which the spiritual fire has shifted to more progressive Christians and that has the potential to change both the political and spiritual landscape of America.<\/span><\/div>\n
I had a feeling this was happening but was shocked during the past few weeks to note the extent to which the more progressive Christian leaders are speaking out and being heard in their effort to impact the public square. Pastors and priests have spoken out on\u00a0blocked Medicaid expansions<\/a>,\u00a0gun control<\/a>, and\u00a0climate change<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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