Coming This Summer: Stuff Liberal Christians Like

@Pastor Mack, here's what I have so far. The most recent one came from one of your suggestions!

Let us know when the list goes up!

- Rudolf Otto - The Word "Numinous" - Interreligious Dialogue. - Historical Jesus vs Cosmic Jesus. - Leonardo Boff - Gustavo Gutierrez - Jon Sobrino - Jürgen Moltmann. - Friedrich Nietzsche

"The idea of Tillich." Ha!

This is some seriously hilarious stuff. Good luck Chad!

subarus. "the beloved community" in place of church. endowments. pensions. ordination by affirmative action. liturgical dance. the idea of tillich. sermons inspired by winnie the pooh. rainbows. mergers.

Anything involving the earth. Tree analogies. Gender inclusive language, including necessarily clunky recreations of the Trinity. Liturgical dance (it's existence, though not necessarily in THEIR church). Book groups. Tapestries with vibrant thread. Knitting and weaving. Inviting Rabbis to give "talks". Anything involving theology and art. Anything Quaker (except actually becoming one). This is a start.

Chad...Puppies...Unicorns. But for those not from the W Fuds...Liberal Christians like it when atheists like them and fundamentalists hate them.

All the mainline churches around here have this slogan, "We've got Spirit". I'm not sure what exactly it's supposed to mean. All of the liberal churches I've attended like coffee in styrofoam cups, baked goods after the service, banners in the sanctuary.

Fair Trade Coffee

some more... "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. Noam Chomsky Jacques Derrida John Stewart Stephen Colbert Community Supported Agriculture

LOL. I'm adding "The Word 'Namaste'" and "'COEXIST' Bumper Stickers." Good job folks. A definition for "liberal Christian" is in order. Let's say, "those who would apply to a school like this or are involved in a faith community with at least one person who graduated from one: http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2009/07/22/divinity-school-application-for-liberals-dont-laugh-too-hard/"

Oh, and the Simpsons.

Well here are some ideas: Stuff Liberal Christians Like: Liberation Theology

OH! COEXIST bumper stickers!

John Shelby Spong. Bart Ehrman. The phrase "institutional church". The phrase "the divine in me meets the divine in you." Social/environmental/economic justice. Process theology. Ugh. Harvard Divinity School. Double ugh. Before I gave you this laundry list, however, perhaps I should have asked: what is your working definition of "liberal Christianity"?

Shouldn't that be “Having tokin' friends..." also, stereotypically speaking, liberal Christians like Jesus more than Paul, the god of the new testament more than of the old, and cooler prescription glasses than those conservative squares. they also think Starbucks is mediocre coffee, just sayin'

Yes! I'm adding "Non-offensive humor" and "NPR" to the list.

Obscure theological writers and unpublished books. Liberal Christians are like the hipsters of theology...they want to have the most cutting-edge knowledge of God.

Liberal Christians like to donate to NPR as well as their local Christian radio stations. And they like to have the two stations pre-set right next to each other on the car radio for easy switching back and forth. They also like driving low-emission vehicles with bumper stickers that say "Christian, not closed minded".

Liberal Christians like jokes. Nothing offensive of course or off color, nothing at anyone’s expense, more observational – not ‘ha ha’ funny, but, you know, ‘make you think’ funny. It’s a different kind of humour. Liberal Christians like that. note: I heard this somewhere is description of liberals in general but thought it fit well here :)