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Home   »   The World Together   »  How did political progressives think they were Anabaptists? How did political progressives think they were Anabaptists? May 15, 2017  by   Richard Beck Let me tell you the story about how many politically progressive Christians came to think they were Anabaptists. (I’m mainly talking about post-evangelical progressives rather than traditional mainline progressives.) To recap,  I’ve made the argument  that many progressive Christians believe they are Anabaptists when, in fact, they are  Niebuhrians . This truth was exposed with the election of Donald Trump. The rise of Trump has politically energized progressive Christians in ways that are hard to reconcile with Anabaptist theology and practice. Again, this is no judgment of Anabaptist theology or of all the political activism of progressive Christians. Not at all. This is just a description of the disjoint between political...

It's time to get out of this abusive relationship.       Photo Credit: JStone/Shutterstock.com July 4, 2014  |       Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email.   At a certain point, if you have any relationship with dignity, you're supposed to get sick of being used and abused. Speaking of which: liberal Democrats. Democratic politicians act like right-wingers. Liberals vote for them anyway. The Democratic Party espouses right-wing policies. Self-described progressives give them cash. Comedian Bill Maher gave them a million cash dollars, yet Democrats don't agree with him on anything. Why? Because he hates Republicans even more. Why didn't Maher save his money? Or better yet, fund a group or a writer or an artist who promotes ideas he actually agrees with? Because he, like tens of millions of other liberals, are...