A Guidebook to Progressive Church

A Guidebook To Progressive Church proceeds through !ve

sections. First, you receive an invitation. These short, sometimes

quirky, chapters o＂er a few ways ＂in＂ to progressive church life

and thought. Next, we examine some keywords in progressive

church life-prayer, discipleship, pastor, Freidigkeit (a fancy

German word for brazen freedom), and Jesus. Next, we include

a series of chapters on beliefs, like atheism, the meaning of

forgiveness, demythologization, ecumenical and interfaith work,

the creed, salvation, and sacred texts. Then, because intersectionality

plays such a central role in contemporary progressive

Christian re＄ection, we look at topics of intersection like

climate change, women’s work, neurodiversity, queering,

respectability, and Critical Race Theory. Finally, we include two

sections, one on polis and one on praxis, the actual daily practice

of progressive church and its impact on and relationship to

the wider public political milieu or commons.