Thoughtful. Independent. Moderate?

A tagline for The Pietist Schoolman

I’m a Bethel professor who attends a Lutheran church, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that I’m also one of those evangelicals who reads The Christian Century.

Earlier this year the flagship magazine of mainline Protestantism not only went through a redesign, but introduced a new tagline: “Thoughtful, independent, progressive.” It stuck with me, since two…