Progressive Christians Speak: A Different Voice on Faith and Politics

By John B. Cobb Jr. and Mobilization for the Human Family

Book Overview

In this earnest discussion, revolutionary theologian John Cobb Jr. implores Christian churches to take a more active role in the solution of contemporary issues such as food security and the ever-expanding world population, the welfare system, civil and human rights, the war on drugs, abortion, immigration, and the destruction of ecosystems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664225896
• ISBN13: 9780664225896
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Authoritative and well informed - A terrific resource

This is a great resource. I wasn't sure if I was a true progressive, but I knew I appreciated fact based opinion. This book provides a well informed factual basis for so many of the items identified with progressive Christianity. R Cobb is brilliant and voices he's chosen to the following topics are well chosen. The titles include Religion and Public Schools, Basic rights of Children, Abortion, Human and civil rights, Homosexuality, Social Security, The Penal System, War on Drugs, Immigration, Corporations, Sweatshops, Globalization, Debt, Environmentalism, Food Security, and Global Population. This book is everything a good liberal arts education should be. It is extremely well written and brilliant in it's insight and scope.

The moral basis for the progressive agenda

This book provides a great resource for progressives who want to learn the moral underpinnings for their point of view. This is done on a whole wealth of issues such as globalization, abortion, the environment and gay rights among many others. If you are a christian and a progressive and want to stand up to the "religious right", then I recommend this book!