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North American Christianity is Broken
New York Times best selling author Frank Schaeffer, recently wrote a strong critique of both the evangelical and progressive forms of Protestant Christianity in North America in which he claims that...
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Reinventing Liberal Christianity
Last week I read Theo Hobson’s new book: Reinventing Liberal Christianity (2013). It is the sort of work that warrants deeper and more thoughtful consideration than my first read allowed. Since I am...
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A New Mainline
Mainline Protestantism has transitioned from American’s dominant form of Christianity to a mere 18% of the adult population. Many forecast continued decline. Recognizing the issue with the name, Cathy...
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A Divided Christianity
Marcus Borg is professor emeritus in the philosophy department at Oregon State University, where he was the Hundere Chair in Religion until his retirement in 2007. He is also the only author to ever...
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The Decade of Christian Decline
2000-2010 can best be labeled as a decade of decline for American Christianity. David Roozen’s recent piece in the Christian Century provides an important look at just how rapid the decline was for...
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Progressive Identity
Many people think of the United Church of Christ as a progressive Protestant denomination. Since it is a congregational tradition, it is important to note that this tradition features congregations...
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Religious Profiles
Since the American religious landscape is always changing, it is important to note current demographic data. The following image is from the Public Religion Research Institute and Brookings based on...
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Most Popular Sermons
We are now almost two weeks into the second half of the year known as 2015. A few weeks ago I shared my most popular blog posts from the first half of the year. Today, I offer my most popular...
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Consistently Progressive Christians Outnumber Consistently Conservative...
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons devotes an entire chapter in his timely new book – Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity (Broadleaf Books, 2020) – to explaining that consistently progressive or...
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53 Years of Hope: Celebrating Cathedral of Hope’s Anniversary (#2071)
I was excited to be able to worship this morning at Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ after missing out the last several weeks to worship with other area congregations that support the work of...
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