Progressive Christians and Parenting After a Faith Shift

Progressive Christians and Parenting After a Faith Shift
Ellen F. O\'Connell/Hazleton Standard-Speker via AP

When reading Christian children's books with his three children, Matthew Paul Turner found himself having to think on the fly.

Turner would do "a quick little change of the words" when he would run into a theology or idea he didn't want to teach his children, either because he believed differently or because he believed his children were too young to need to grapple with it.

Turner, who identifies as a progressive Christian, isn't the only Christian who has shifted from conservative to progressive views as an adult. For many, that means a faith that emphasizes love, social justice and space for questions about the theological ideas they were raised to believe.

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