Editing Progressive Christianity (section)

===Origins===
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The term "progressive Christianity" was first coined by German-American Lutheran pastor and scholar, Rev. John H. W. Stuckenberg. "I favor a progressive Christianity based on the living teachings of Christ and his Apostles. I am opposed to the stagnation created by religious dogmatism and traditionalism, and wish none of my possessions to be used in the interest of this stagnation." (last will and testament, June 6, 1898) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://neatnik2009.wordpress.com/2017/12/09/feast-of-john-h-w-stuckenberg-may-28/ | title=Feast of John H. W. Stuckenberg (May 28) | date=9 December 2017 }}</ref>

A priority of justice and care for the down-trodden are a recurrent theme in the [[Nevi'im|Hebrew prophetic tradition]] inherited by [[Christianity]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ess|first=Charles|title=Prophetic, Wisdom, and Apocalyptic Traditions in Judaism and Christianity|url=http://www.drury.edu/ess/alpha/prophet.html|publisher=Drury University|access-date=23 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223192217/http://www.drury.edu/ess/alpha/prophet.html|archive-date=23 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> This has been reflected in many later Christian traditions of service and [[Christian ministry|ministry]], and more recently in the United States of America through Christian involvement in political trends such as the [[Progressive Movement]] and the [[Social Gospel]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Boulton|first=Wayne G., Thomas D. Kennedy and Allen Verhey|title=From Christ to the World: Introductory Readings in Christian Ethics|year=1994|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|location=Grand Rapids MI|isbn=0-8028-0640-6|pages=134–136|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JstVXOH75LwC}}</ref>

Throughout the 20th century, a strand of progressive or liberal Christian thought outlined the values of a 'good [[society]]'. It stresses fairness, justice, responsibility, and compassion, and condemns the forms of governance that wage [[Just war|unjust war]], rely on corruption for continued power, deprive the poor of facilities, or exclude particular racial or sexual groups from fair participation in national liberties. It was influential in the US [[mainline (Protestant)|mainline]] churches, and reflected global trends in [[student activism]]. It contributed to the [[Christian ecumenism|ecumenical movement]], as represented internationally by the [[World Student Christian Federation]] and the [[World Council of Churches]] internationally, and at the national level through groups such as the [[National Council of Churches]] in the US and [[Australian Student Christian Movement]].