Just Faith : : Reclaiming Progressive Christianity

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Shall the fundamentalists keep winning? -- The New Deal, Green New Deal, and Christian New Deal -- The "reverend" in Rev. Dr. King -- Swords into plowshares -- God's love has no borders -- From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall -- The religious roots of "identity politics" -- Consistently progressive Christians: in large numbers -- How conservative Christians hijacked our faith -- What it means to raise your voice -- Skepticism from our fellow progressive Christians -- Facing the anti-religion left and the religious right -- Signs of progressive Christian revival -- A politics of love thy neighbor.
"According to new research from the Public Religion Research Institute, there are over 35 million consistently progressive Christians in the United States. Majorities of American Christians support reproductive justice and LGBTQ+ rights. Yet they're erased from our public narrative -- only mentioned as outliers to the fundamentalist norm. In Just Faith, progressive Christian activist and writer Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons explains how a strong religious left has accompanied every major progressive advance in our society, and he resurrects the long but forgotten history of progressive Christianity in the United States that can and must link arms with progressive Muslims and Jews to make the moral case for pluralism, human dignity, and the common good. Graves-Fitzsimmons provides a blueprint for this type of resurrection based on his advocacy work at the intersection of religion and American politics. Graves-Fitzsimmons creates a rallying cry for a bold progressive Christianity that unapologetically fights for its values to impact the biggest political battles of our time -- from immigration and economic fairness to LGBTQ+ rights and abortion rights -- so that progressive Christians will stop lowering their voices when they identify as Christians. 'What kind of Christian are you?' they'll be asked. And they'll even be understood when they reply with a smile, 'The good kind.'" -- dust jacket flap.

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