What does it mean to be a progressive Christian? A social justice Christian?
A Christian?
We've likely all heard the ruckus started by Glenn Beck and his "command" for Christians to leave churches that preach social justice. And there has been rich conversation lately in The Beatitudes community about what it means to be a progressive Christian - what are the essential beliefs (if there are any)? Are there creeds? What do we DO as progressive Christians and can we live, work, pray and grow together with people whose theology of progressive Christianity (or Christianity) differs. And what does the Christian community look like?
Read full article...While attending the Emergence Now conference at Columbia Theological Seminary I picked up a great list of resources to begin exploring. One such resource started as a video shared by Bruce Reyes-Chow on Socialnomics. This led to me rushing out to pick up the book Socialnomices by Erik Qualman (see links below).
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