Phil Haslanger informs us in The Captital Times that so-called Progressive Christian and scholar Marcus Borg:

is one of those rare public religious scholars whose low-key demeanor masks the passion he generates across the spectrum of Christian groups.For some, he represents the worst heresies of liberal Christianity, wrapped up in the notion that he questions rather than accepts traditional understandings of God and Jesus…

For others, he represents a breath of fresh air, taking those traditional understandings of God and Jesus and interpreting them in ways that make more sense to people struggling with what religious belief means in the contemporary world… (Online source)

You can read Haslanger’s story here. And there’s more in his Conversation with Marcus Borg. But for those of us who have any semblance of critical thinking skills we can see that Borg’s essential message is: “I don’t believe anything Christians believe, but I’m a Christian.”

It is as I am quoted in Haslanger’s story as saying: “anyone (and I do mean anyone) who thinks that Dr. Marcus Borg is a Christian seriously needs to have his spiritual head examined.”

See also:

MARCUS BORG: BUDDHA WAS BORN AGAIN

ROB BELL AND MARCUS BORG

“PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY” IS NEITHER PROGRESSIVE OR CHRISTIAN