Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity

By: Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

Narrated by: BJ Schraff

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".

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Just in time!

This book inspired me to realize there are many other people of faith who care deeply about Jesus’ teaching to love neighbors and who aren’t willing to forfeit Christian praxis to those on the far right who co/opt it for their own political agenda. 37.5 million progressive Christians are a sign of hope for a society in despair!

Important for progressive Believers, and non-believers, alike

This book gave me hope. I know progressive Christians are out there, but they aren’t the loudest voices in the public sphere. Chalk it up to what gets clicks or views, it’s reassuring to hear of how many out there really believe in the authentic words of Jesus. Including “whatsoever you do for the least among you, you have also done for me.”