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Peter Laarman

Peter Laarman is a United Church of Christ minister who served as senior minister of New York's Judson Memorial Church and then as executive director of LA's Progressive Christians Uniting before retiring in 2014. He remains deeply involved in national and regional social justice projects touching on race, class, and religion.

Archive, Books, Remapping American Christianities, Special FeaturesJanuary 7, 2016

Refusing Religion, Claiming the Future: A Roundtable Discussion on “The Nones Are Alright”

By Peter Laarman

What does it mean that a quarter of all Americans “describe their religion as ‘nothing in…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Politics/LawDecember 20, 2015

Ten Religion Stories That Went (Mostly) Missing in 2015

By Peter Laarman

Once again, RD’s editors have asked me to think about stories at the intersection of religion and…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Peter Laarman, Politics/Law, StoriesDecember 10, 2015

I Volunteer to Root Out Christian Extremism

By Peter Laarman

Dear Director Comey & Secretary Johnson: Director Comey, I sympathize with the frustration you expressed…

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Peter Laarman, Politics/Law, RD BlogNovember 19, 2015

“Give Me Your White, Your Rich… Yearning to Earn Fees”

By Peter Laarman

In honor of the shameful refusal to accept Syrian refugees, a rewrite of the “Statue of Liberty” poem.

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(A)theologies, ArchiveNovember 6, 2015

White People Dying Younger Because of…Moral Turpitude? Give Us a Break

By Peter Laarman

The chattering classes are all agog to learn from ​two Princeton economists that white working-class America…

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(A)theologies, OMFG, Peter Laarman, Politics/Law, RD BlogOctober 21, 2015

Will House “Freedom” Group’s Core Racism Go Unchallenged?

By Peter Laarman

Where, oh where, are the “budget is a moral document” types when we really need…

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(A)theologies, Activism and the Academy, Archive, Peter Laarman, Politics/Law, Remapping American Christianities, StoriesAugust 10, 2015

A Victory for Conservatives in Revised AP History Curriculum

By Peter Laarman

High school history teachers who prep America’s best and brightest in their AP classes had​ better…

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(A)theologies, OMFG, Peter Laarman, RD BlogJune 23, 2015

Memo to David Brooks: Francis Is Not Naïve For Criticizing Capitalism

By Peter Laarman

I had to read Brooks’ column on Laudato si a couple of times to realize fully what…

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(A)theologies, Archive, CultureJune 19, 2015

Charleston Killings: This is What a Sin Against the Holy Spirit Looks Like

By Peter Laarman

  “It’s me, it’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.”…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Featured, Peter LaarmanMay 28, 2015

Critiques, Questions, and Sauve-qui-Peut: Looking Toward the Future of American Christianit(ies)

By Peter Laarman

The terrain is indeed shifting as the latest Pew survey results suggest, but it’s not…

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