Leaders of the So-Called Progressive Movement

Here is a listing of some progressive leaders.

John Pavlovitz

Steve McSwain

Rachael Held Evans

Karen Armstrong

Jay Bakker

Marcus Borg

Bart Campolo

Tony Campolo

Shane Claiborne

John Dominic Crossan

Jim Wallis

Jim Burklo

Bishop John Shelby Spong

Barbara Lundblad

James Rowe Adams

John Cobb

Rob Bell

 

Leaders of the movement, According to Wiki

    Jay Bakker, pastor of Revolution Church
    Joseph Bernardin, Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago
    Father Daniel Berrigan, Catholic priest (Jesuit) and peace activist
    Philip Berrigan, former Catholic priest (Josephite) and activist
    Kim Bobo, founder, Interfaith Worker Justice
    Leonardo Boff, liberation theology activist [14]
    Father Roy Bourgeois, Catholic priest and peace activist
    Peter Boyle, actor, studied to be a De La Salle brother
    Everett Francis Briggs, POW and labour activist
    Tony Campolo, Baptist evangelist and sociologist
    César Chávez, Mexican American labour and social activist
    Sr. Joan Chittister, Catholic nun and feminist theologian
    Forrester Church, Unitarian Universalist minister, author
    Shane Claiborne, Christian activist and author who is a leading figure in the New Monasticism
    William Sloane Coffin, Jr., UCC minister and peace activist
    Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report and Sunday school teacher
    John Cort, writer, editor for Commonweal, Peacework, Religious Socialism
    Jerome Davis, labour organizer and sociologist
    Dorothy Day, Catholic Worker Movement co-founder, "Wobbly"
    Father John Dear, Catholic priest and peace activist
    Rev. Robert Drinan, former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
    Jane Fonda, actress and activist[dubious – discuss]
    James A. Forbes, minister at Riverside Church
    Rev. George Foreman
    Laura Jane Grace, Anarcho-Catholic and punk rock icon
    Jeannine Gramick, Roman Catholic nun and founder of New Ways Ministry
    Rosey Grier
    Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Roman Catholic Bishop of Detroit and social activist
    Charles Kekumano, activist Hawaiian priest
    Helen Keller
    Angelo Liteky, former priest, soldier, activist
    Ava Lowery, peace activist
    Rev. Joseph Lowery, civil rights Leader
    Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State
    Pauli Murray, first female Episcopal priest and co-founder of the NOW
    Mike Papantonio
    Rev Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard
    Father Michael Pfleger, Catholic priest, social activist, pastor of Saint Sabina church
    Georges Pire, "Peace University" and Nobel Peace Prize for work with refugees [15]
    Sister Helen Prejean, anti-death penalty activist; author of Dead Man Walking
    Monsignor Charles Owen Rice, Catholic priest, labour leader, and civil rights activist
    Brandan Robertson, LGBT rights activist and Pastor of Mission Gathering, Seattle.
    Fred Rogers[dubious – discuss]
    Frank Schaeffer
    Katharine Jefferts Schori, former presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
    Cindy Sheehan, peace activist
    Martin Sheen, Roman Catholic activist/actor
    Ron Sider, president of Evangelicals for Social Action
    Mitch Snyder, convert, advocate for the homeless
    Charles Toy, online and social media activist[16]
    Carmen Trotta, Roman Catholic pacifist
    Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners Magazine
    Barry Welsh, Congressional candidate and minister (United Methodist Church)
    Ellen G. White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, writer and vegetarian
    Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ
    Rev. Lennox Yearwood, veteran and anti-Iraq war activist

Thinkers

    Peter Agre, awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
    Miguel A. De La Torre, scholar-activist and author of books on Hispanic religiosity
    David Ray Griffin, theology professor and 9/11 Truth author
    Chris Hedges
    Anne Lamott, author
    Peter Maurin, Catholic Worker co-founder
    Brian McLaren, Emerging Church Leader
    Charles Clayton Morrison
    Troy Perry, founder of Metropolitan Community Church
    Walter Rauschenbusch, social gospel thinker
    Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver, son of Sargent Shriver, member of the Kennedy family
    Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics
    John Shelby Spong, retired bishop and liberal political activist
    Paul Tillich
    Kathleen Kennedy Townshend
    Randall Wallace, Academy Award nominee, holds a degree in theology
    Cornel West, theologian, academic, activist
    Jim Winkler, leading member of the United Methodist Church

Promoters

    Art Alexakis, leader of rock band Everclear, has referred to himself as a left-wing Christian
    Ray Boltz
    Johnny Cash, singer/songwriter, has promoted Christianity in a number of songs and public appearances
    John Fugelsang, comedian
    Dan Haseltine, singer-songwriter
    Dwight Howard, Atlanta Hawks basketball player[dubious – discuss]
    Val Kilmer, has done promotional videos for his denomination
    Lecrae, Christian rapper[dubious – discuss]
    Pete Maravich, Hall of Fame basketball player[dubious – discuss]
    Barry McGuire, singer-songwriter
    Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker[17][dubious – discuss]
    Alonzo Mourning, Hall of Fame basketball player[dubious – discuss]
    Bill Moyers, journalist and public commentator
    Larry Norman, Christian rock singer-songwriter, advocate of the Jesus Movement
    Pauley Perrette, actress and LGBT rights advocate
    Ed Shultz, television and radio host

 

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