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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.

Culture, Politics/LawApril 17, 2009

Of Taxes, Tea, and Timidity: What Obama Should Tell the Protest’s Right-Wing Organizers

By Peter Laarman

Obama might mention the super rich, for example.

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(A)theologies, Science & TechnologyApril 13, 2009

Easter in the Mountains: Christianity vs. The Call of the Wild

By Peter Laarman

Can a This-Worldly and an Other-Worldly faith be friends?

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Culture, Politics/LawApril 8, 2009

New Yorker on Banking Corruption: Suck it Up and Stop Whining

By Peter Laarman

Pardon me, Nick, but the course you are recommending—and the White House policy you are explicitly endorsing—happens to represent a complete breach of public trust.

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(A)theologies, Culture, Politics/LawApril 7, 2009

A Post-Christian America? Not Quite—Though Devoutly to be Wished

By Peter Laarman

Is there a connection between fewer identifying as “Christian” and “junk religion”? If the religious right is losing power why are Democrats so intent on “reaching out” to them?

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawApril 2, 2009

RDPulpit: The Prophets of Neoliberalism

By Peter Laarman

Unless the religion of Greed can be displaced, a future of hope and social justice will be stillborn.

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(A)theologies, Culture, Politics/LawMarch 15, 2009

Obama’s Pastor “Dream Team”

By Peter Laarman

A front page story in the Times revealed that 5 different pastors are hard at work guiding our president. But why make it public?

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawMarch 10, 2009

Will Jim Wallis Represent True Worker Justice Before Senate Committee?

By Peter Laarman

Once again, despite having little to no expertise in the area, Jim Wallis has been tapped to give the progressive position. This time it’s the critical Employee Free Choice Act.

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Politics/LawFebruary 26, 2009

Christian Silence on Banking Due to Concerns of Anti-Semitism?

By Peter Laarman

Is this deference to bankers among the American religious an historical curiosity or de rigueur behavior? Let us hear from you!

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawFebruary 25, 2009

America’s Fat Tues Turns to Ash Wed: Imagine a Humility-Driven Recovery

By Peter Laarman

The president boasted that America will be “back” economically, but can we can afford to go back to the kind of economy we had during the house of cards period?

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Politics/LawFebruary 23, 2009

Why Is Obama Reaching Out to Ravening Wolves?

By Peter Laarman

If Obama keeps his eye on the conservative fiscal prizes, like cutting Social Security for example, he’ll be on the express train to the dustbin of history.

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