{"id":199,"date":"2009-02-04T08:16:58","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T08:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/02\/comment-of-the-day-27.html"},"modified":"2009-02-04T08:16:58","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T08:16:58","slug":"comment-of-the-day-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/02\/comment-of-the-day-27.html","title":{"rendered":"Comment of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew<\/a> weighs in on “Progressive” or “Liberal”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Maybe I’m just anal retentive but I think that the term
\n“progressive” is a lot like the term “evangelical.” It’s just an easy
\nway for folks to compartmentalize others (and maybe even themselves)
\ninto easy categories without the subsequent (and necessary) process of
\ndealing with actual beliefs and practices. I really do agree with
\nMollie that these terms have little substantive meaning. These days I’m
\nuncomfortable calling myself either “progressive” or “evangelical”
\nbecause neither of these terms adequately describes what it means for
\nme to be a Christian person in American society. And, honestly, since
\nthe American political scene is more about deception, wordplay and
\npower, I’ve got little confidence that these terms can have any
\nsubstantive meaning within the public square in the future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew weighs in on “Progressive” or “Liberal”: Maybe I’m just anal retentive but I think that the term “progressive” is a lot like the term “evangelical.” It’s just an easy way for folks to compartmentalize others (and maybe even themselves) into easy categories without the subsequent (and necessary) process of dealing with actual beliefs and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comment-of-the-day","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nComment of the Day - The New Christians<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/02\/comment-of-the-day-27.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Comment of the Day - 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