Facing White Christianity’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection
On Jan. 20, 2021, President Joe Biden became the first commander in chief to use…
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Progressive & Religious
“Taking aim” at both the Religious Right and the New Atheists, a new book aims to make progressive politics safe for the religious, and religion safe for progressive politics.
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Dispatches from the Beltway: The New Public Face of Religion
The surprising results of the latest Pew survey on religion in America.
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Dispatches From the Beltway: Horton Hears Progressive Religion
With the success of We Believe Ohio et al., progressive religious voices are breaking through…
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Podcast: Progressive Buddhist Hozan Alan Senauke
Hozan Alan Senauke talks about socially engaged Buddhism, weapons of mass redemption, and “just sitting down” as a radical act.
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Podcast: Eboo Patel on Islam, Pluralism, and the “Faith Line”
The Faith Line, as Eboo describes it, does not separate people of different religions but separates religious pluralists on the one hand and religious totalitarians on the other.
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Dispatches from the Beltway: Beyond the Graying and Greening Religious Right
Less strident, less partisan, less defensive—the emerging evangelical center defies the stereotype…
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Survey Says: Mainline Clergy Lean Liberal
Conservative clergy and pundits have worked overtime to create the impression that there’s only one “Christian” position on the issues. A new survey proves otherwise.
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Come Let Us Reason Together: A Response to Critics of Evangelical/Progressive Initiative
“Come Let Us Reason Together,” which focused on building bridges between white evangelicals and progressives, unleashed strong criticism from the religious left, much of which challenged the initiative’s definition of “progressive.” Robert P. Jones, an adviser to CLURT, responds.
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Evangelicals Fire the Future: Rich Cizik’s Resignation
The former VP of the National Association of Evangelicals was forced to resign for his acceptance of gay civil unions; ironic, given the views of evangelicalism’s future leaders.
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