Philip Clayton Reimagining the Future of Faith

Why Big Tent Christianity?

Brian McLaren and I are organizing a major public conference on September 8-9 in Raleigh, North Carolina in order to make the call for a return to “Big Tent Christianity.” Why is this call important?

A Challenge to Pat Robertson, Bishop Spong … & Stephen Colbert

Click here for a new two-minute video — an invitation to Pat Robertson and John Shelby Spong to join us at the Big Tent Christianity celebration this September (check it out at BigTentChristianity.com), to share a hug on stage, and to publically acknowledge each other as brothers in faith.  Or is there, according to these gentlemen, no [...]

Do No Shared Christian Convictions Remain?

Just a few weeks ago over 100 “faith leaders” signed the “Covenant for Civility,” calling Christians to civil dialogue across their differences. Who could be opposed to the call to reasonable dialogue? What could be controversial about asking Christians to be Christ-like in how they defend their Christian convictions?

Theology After Google Event in March