Honoring and Renewing Dr. King’s Other, More Challenging, Dream — 55 Years Later
Fifty-four years ago—on April 4, 1968—Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Exactly one…
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By the Way: Riverside Minister’s Abrupt Resignation Reveals the Perils of the Pulpit
Wherein the author, a friend of the Rev. Brad Braxton and an Episcopal priest, recalls his own harrowing year in the pulpit and the toll it can take on self and family.
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RDPulpit: Did Progressive Christianity Dump its Savior in Brad Braxton?
Was Dr. Braxton “too black” for Riverside Church? Progressive Christianity’s salvation may rest in the hands of the stereotypically primitive and cathartic world of non-white and non-mainline churches.
Read MoreResponse: We Might Need the End of Progressive Christianity
In response to today’s roundtable on Rev. Braxton’s abrupt departure from Riverside and the crisis in Progressive Christianity, Rita Brock sees little hope in the Church as it stands.
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“God Needs You To Get Out of the Bubble”: Riverside Controversy Exposes Theological, Racial Fault Lines of the Christian Progressive Movement
What does it mean that Rhodes Scholar and Progressive Evangelical Brad Braxton resigned as senior pastor of the influential Riverside Church? In this discussion over the implications, a reverend and a scholar ask whether multiracial churches require making white people comfortable, why God needs liberal protestants to get out of the bubble, and what the future holds for the mainline church as a whole.
Read MoreUpdated: New Riverside Pastor Steps Down; Where Does That Leave Progressive Christianity?
After several months of vocal opposition to Rev. Braxton’s compensation package, the Rhodes Scholar will not lead one of the nation’s premier progressive institutions.
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How Much is a (Progressive) Pastor Worth?
When New York City’s fabled Riverside Church brought in a new, evangelical pastor with a pay package of $600K it made roaring headlines and sparked a lawsuit. Our writer attended the Sunday service and reports back on the “controversy.”
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Nonviolence: Between Our Safety And Our Ideals
Nonviolent resistance movements were part of the 20th century’s eternal contribution to human history; can those ideals be sustained and reinvigorated for a new era?
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A flock, maybe, but certainly not sheep; nuances of the pulpit-pew relationship.
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