{"id":176,"date":"2015-07-21T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godweb.org\/wordpress\/?p=176"},"modified":"2015-07-22T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T19:17:55","slug":"176","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Progressive Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godweb.org%2F%3Fp%3D176&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/dorrien.htm\"><strong>The Future of Progressive Christianity<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nGary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. 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