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Book Openers: A Progressive Protestant Reclaims Christianity

By Barbara | January 26, 2010

I know way too many people whose impression of Christianity has been shaped either by media accounts of the (noisy) Religious Right or by books written the (equally noisy) New Atheists. Open James A. Forbes Jr.’s new book, Whose Gospel? for a brisk tour of the progressive Christian take on sexuality, gender, race, justice and war.

Posted in Book Openers, God Is Big | Also tagged bill moyers, james a forbes jr, progressive christianitiy, protestantism, religion, the new press | Leave a comment

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