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Pakistan, 114
paradigm shift, 166, 168, 174, 178, 192, 221
Park51 (Ground Zero Mosque), 133
particularism, 41, 141, 203, 212, 236; Christian, 7, 21,32, 99, 138, 204
pastor, 27,99, 106,138, 168, 177, 180; training of, 139, 149, 151, 187–188
Patheos Evangelical website, 234
Pavlovitz, John, 215–216
peace, 97, 116–118, 127, 144, 148, 152–154, 163, 180, 185, 198
peacemaking, 153, 172, 182, 185
penal substitutionary atonement, 97, 106
Pence, Mike, 38
persecution, 114
Pew Research Center, 79–80, 133
phobias, 186–187
Piper, John, 168, 180
Plowshare movement (Sweden), 30
pluralism 29, 132–135
polarization, 207, 219; of Christianity, 205, 215, 220; of the United States, 205
political activism, 33, 36–37, 216; of conservative Christians, 12, 30–31; of progressive Christians, 25, 28, 201
political conservatism, 31, 73
political motivation, 115, 158
political orientation, 8–9
post-Christian, 229; society, 224, 226
postcolonial theology, 142, 181
postmodern, 33, 93, 101, 151, 173
postmillennialism, 195–196
power, 17, 142, 163, 171, 181, 185, 212; within congregations, 148; and conservatism, 26. 31, 45, 184–185, 211; of culture, 141; of God, 8, 97, 103, 106, 220; of Hinduism, 199; of hospitality, 165; and humanistic ethic of social justice, 17, 142, 163, 181, 203, 212, 216, 221–222; and politics, 9, 51, 84, 159, 183; and progressives, 25, 53, 222; social, 10–11, 198, 200, 203, 205, 215, 221; as something to give, 112, 171, 181, 214, 216; of theology, 231; of transcendence, 87
Powers, Kirsten, 61, 64, 234
prayer, 25, 151, 171
Presbyterian, 87; Church, 96, 217
premillennialism, 195–196
privilege, 114, 152, 225, 260
progressive Christians, 135–136, 227; accepted by conservative Christians, 47, 98, 119, 129–135, 197, 200; accepts sexual minorities, 79; approves of government action, 155, 159–161; attitudes about Jesus, 148–150, 154, 196; blur differences between Christians and Muslims, 172–174; contrasting meaning from conservative Christians, 201–205, 216–217; criticize conservative Christians, 28–29, 65, 152, 163–166, 169, 179–188, 191–193, 200, 213, 221–222; deemphasis theological agreement, 69, 75; defends Muhammad, 157–158, 168–170, 175; defined, 42; dislike of term Chrislam, 174–176; endorses Humanistic ethic of social justice, 142–143, 155, 162–163, 201, 203, 209; opposing abortion, 59, 61–62, 64–67, 71–72, 75, 155, 192, 227; prefer non-Christians to conservative Christians, 44, 53, 191, 218; reject conservative Christians, 46, 53, 55, 94, 206, 213–214, 216, 221; research about, 6–7; seek to learn from Muslims, 164–166; self-differentiation from conservative Christians, 178, 214; supportive of humanism, 12, 28, 75, 146–147; supportive of social justice, 4, 13, 29, 59, 80, 140, 160, 171, 204, 208, 218; theological flexibility, 29, 35, 96, 135, 140, 143–145, 191, 201; tolerance, 36, 193; uncomfortable being labeled Christian or Evangelical, 100, 139–141, 209, 220, 222; value compassion, 72, 192; value political agreement, 32, 38, 52, 72–74, 201; views of hell, 147–148, 150–152, 170; view world through political lens, 155
Progressive Christian Alliance, 219
progressive theology, 27, 30, 135, 214, 221
pro-life, 14, 58, 62, 64–67, 69–75, 184, 192, 213, 233
prophecy, 105
proselytization, 23, 35, 122, 194, 209–210, 225; rejected by progressive Christians, 191, 212; valued by conservative Christians, 33, 81, 83, 108–109, 119, 122, 190
Protestantism, 6, 41, 55, 83
punishment, 97, 106–108, 118, 150–151
questions of meaning, 4, 37, 195, 199, 203, 205, 207, 215–217, 219, 226; religious answers, 9–10, 20–21, 202–204
Qur’an, 114, 128; gain insight about God by progressive Christians, 166–167, 171; not seen as source of violence by progressive Christians, 157–158; rejected by conservative Christians, 120, 122; seen as authoritative to Muslims, 116; seen as source of violence by conservative Christians, 116–119; studied with Bible, 129–130, 132
racism, 83, 175; white Christian solution, 194
radical, 24, 29, 71, 74, 104; Islam, 156–157, 159, 241
Rauschenbusch, Walter, 22, 143
Reagan, Ronald, 25, 84
reason, 24, 28, 102, 146
redemption, 105, 140
red letter Christians, 148, 152, 154
Reed, Ralph, 68, 70
reflexivity, 243–244
refugees, 7, 118, 122–123, 125, 129, 182, 218
reformed, 180
reincarnation, 199, 204
relativism, 133
religion, 5, 190; and social identity, 9–12, 20; conservative Christian and progressive Christian not in same religion, 17, 203–204; freedom, 112; modernist critique of, 24–25, 36; motivations provided by, 115–116, 156–157; source of meaning, 20–21; traditional, 25; unity in, 198–203
religious freedom, 82, 112–113, 125
religious identity, 3, 10–11, 21, 33, 58, 222–223
religious motivation, 115–116, 156–157
religious nones, 214
religiosity, 24, 197
Republican party, 31, 59, 70–72, 109, 141, 185, 222
repurpose, 149
resurrection, 104, 106
Revelation, 87, 117–118, 174; Book of, 105
revival, 81–81, 169
revolution, 19, 133
right-wing authoritarianism, 31
rigid theology, 15, 17, 94, 103, 127, 129, 119, 132, 175
rituals, 195; in Hinduism, 199
Rodriguez, Samuel, 68, 70–71
salvation, 23, 28, 78, 123; conservative Christians and, 30, 33, 81, 83, 190; progressive Christian and, 32, 147
Samaritan’s Purse, 1–2, 180, 210–212, 219
same-sex marriage, 111, 183, 210
schism, 2, 5, 21
Scopes, John, 5
Scopes Trial, 5
Second Great Awakening, 81–82
secular, 12, 24, 28, 30, 85, 201, 205, 213–214, 219, 227, 246, 251, 255, 257, 261, 278
September 11 attacks, 159, 186
Sermon on the Mount, 153–154
sexuality, 59, 86, 186
sexual minorities, 12, 210, 216; not affirmed by Franklin Graham, 212; supported by progressive Christians, 34
Sharia law, 118–119, 188
sin, 23, 30, 86, 88, 95–97, 121, 137, 140–142, 146–147, 151, 154, 168–169, 201; and death, 96–97, 105–107, 109, 151; conservative Christian view, 103–108
sinner, 88, 95, 104, 106, 108, 137
Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God (Zahnd), 137
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (Edwards), 95, 6
slavery, 82–83, 145
Smith, Christian, 132
social boundaries, 7, 16, 23, 32, 91, 119, 193, 208
social gospel, 82–83, 143, 145; and Baptists, 83
social identity, 4, 7, 38–39, 55, 60, 193–195, 198, 212, 215, 224; and religion, 9–11, 20–21, 219; Christian influences, 21, 78, 222; conservative Christian, 119; political influences, 52, 55, 72, 75; progressive Christian, 163–164; theological influences, 73;
social justice, 12, 22, 80, 140, 142, 204, 218, 227; contemporary movements; 28, 32; core value of progressive Christians, 4, 13, 72, 152–154, 171, 191–193; not taken seriously by conservative Christians, 17, 179, 181–183, 210; use government for, 159–161. See also humanistic ethic of social justice
socialism, 110–11
Soerens, Matthew, 68–69
“somewhere” people, 133
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 86
Sproul, R. C., 104
subjectivism, 22, 87
supernatural, 106, 148, 216
Supreme Court, 25
sura, 116–117, 119, 166, 171
symbolic differences, 32, 208
syncretism, 93, 174–175
Taliban, 118, 158, 161
taxation, 31, 110, 125
Tea Party group, 41
Tennessee, 5
terrorism, 123, 158, 160–161; seen as connected to Islam, 109, 114, 118; seen as created by politics, 155–156, 158
terrorist attacks, 77, 114, 159, 186–187
theological purity, 11, 35
Tlaib, Rashida, 133
tolerance, 30, 34, 214; core values of progressive Christians, 28, 36, 191–193, 222; of progressive Christians by conservative Christians, 126, 128–131; progressive Christians criticism of conservative Christians, 213
Townend, Stuart, 95
traditional phraseology, 27, 88, 134
Trinity, 16, 98, 104, 106, 114, 120
Trump, Donald, 59, 156, 206; criticized by progressive Christians, 85, 168–169, 180, 184–185; immigration policies, 68–69; supported by Christian conservatives, 31, 212; used in interview questions, 242
Turner, Matthew Paul, 61, 65, 67
Twin Towers, 133
uncertainty, 151–152
Unitarians, 196, 223
United Kingdom, 114, 116
United Methodist Church, 88, 217
unity within Christianity, 14, 196–197
Vicari, Chesen, 211–212
violence, 137, 185, 199; and conservatives Evangelicals, 144; and Islam, 114, 116, 118–120, 123, 155–160
Vote Common Good, 28
Wahhabi Muslims, 184
Wallis, Jim, 61, 65
war on terror, 158, 186–187
wealth, 42, 152, 221
Wesleyan, 100
Wesleyan Covenant Association, 217
West, 116, 120, 142, 214, 230–232
Western culture, 16, 171, 181; Muslims lack power in, 212, 214; negatively assessed by progressive Christians, 93, 141–142, 163, 210;
Western interference, 157, 241
white Christians, 48–49, 51
wrath of God, 95–97, 105–107
xenophobia, 1–2
Yancey, Hilary, 61, 65
Zahnd, Brian, 137
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr. George Yancey is Professor of Institute for Studies of Religion and Sociology at Baylor University. He has published several research articles on the topics of institutional racial diversity, racial identity, atheists, cultural progressives, academic bias, and anti-Christian hostility.
Dr. Ashlee Quosigk is Visiting Scholar at the University of Georgia. She writes with an interdisciplinary perspective about Christianity, Islam, conservative-progressive divides, and issues of conflicting moral authority. She is the author of American Evangelicals: Conflicted on Islam.
George Yancey, One Faith No Longer
