Progressive?

Discover what this might mean for you by exploring some of the linked resources.

The opinions expressed through these links are by individuals and not necessarily held by the Pitt Street Congregation as a whole.

ABC Sunday Nights and Radio National:

Pitt Streeter Refugee Article on ABC website: Elenie Poulos has an article posted on the ABC website this week (18-Oct-2010) at www.abc.net.au/religion/articles

Easter Sunday Resurrection Forum (04-Apr-10)
(with Rev Ian Pearson)

James Alison: Sexuality, Certainty and Salvation
(10-Oct-10) Encounter
On 24-Sep-10 James Alison, gay priest, theologian and author, spoke at our Church under the auspices of the Eremos Foundation. He gave a talk titled: The Shape of God’s Affection – Re-imagining the good news of God  - about his understanding of God as someone who likes us and wants to get through to us. This is included with an interview in this Encounter

Dominic Crossan (12-Sep10)
Professor Emeritus of religious studies at DePaul University, Chicago, and author of several bestselling books.

Progressive Christianity Pt1 (09-May-10)

Progressive Christianity Pt2 (16-May-10)

Rev Fred Plumer (16-May-10)
The Centre for Progressive Christianity

Deshna Ubeda on progressive Christianity
for Kids (23-May-10)

The Centre for Progressive Christianity

Sir Lloyd Geering (02-May-10)
New Zealand Theologian and Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington

Melbourne's Common Dreams Conference
(10-Apr-10)

Links to web sites

Interfaith Sydney

Uniting Church in Australia

Uniting Network

Eremos

Wellspring Community

Amnesty International Australia

Aboriginal Reconciliation

National Council of Churches

World Council of Churches

Taize, France

Iona Community, Scotland

Canadian Memorial Church and Centre for Peace
(Bruce Sanguin, The United Church of Canada)

The Centre for Progressive Christianity
Rev Fred Plumber and Deshna Ubeda

Centre for Progressive Religious Thought

Common Dreams

Common Dreams 2 was a conference of religious progressives in Australia and the South Pacific, "Living the Progressive Religion Dream", Melbourne 15-18 April 2010. Although this conference is over, the web site contains some interesting resources from Common Dreams 1 (2007) and 2 (2010).

John Shelby Spong, Retired Bishop of Newark