Christianity is at a crossroads. Can faith remain vibrant while shedding the harm of rigid dogma, exclusion, and individualism? This book presents a bold progressive vision for revitalizing Christianity centered on the core of Jesus's message – radical love, boundary-crossing inclusion, and social justice. It aims to revive faith as a catalyst for compassionate cultural change.

You'll explore how to re-examine Christian tradition through the lens of modern scholarship, conscience, and moral understandings. There's candid critique of tendencies like biblical literalism, rejection of science, and fusion with right-wing ideology found among some conservative Christians.

But critique is combined with hope. The life of Christ still catalyzes transformation through sacrifice and solidarity with the oppressed. Readers are warmly invited to approach faith with openness to truth from unexpected sources. Core progressive values like intellectual humility, interfaith respect, scientific integration, and compassion for the marginalized aim to restore Christianity as a force of justice, healing and liberation for all.

The call is to courageously walk the risky path of love embodied by Jesus. To build spiritual community defined not by dogma but radical welcome. Imagine an evolving Christianity centered on embodying Christ's ethics, cultivating an open yet anchored faith, and tearing down walls of exclusion and judgment. Join the journey.