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      Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
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      What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
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      Francis, the Roman Catholic Church’s First Latin American Pope, Leaves Behind a Complicated Legacy
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      RFK Jr’s Campaign Against Seed Oils Isn’t Just Junk Science — It’s Misogynist Identity Politics
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      My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
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      Why Authoritarianism Needs Gender Stereotypes – and Democracy Needs Gender Justice
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      Defense Secretary Hegseth’s New ‘Kafir’ Tattoo is the Perfect Encapsulation of Trumpish Foreign Policy
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    • Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
      Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
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      We Called For Better Responses to Campus Antisemitism—and the ADL Threatened to Withdraw Sponsorship
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Donna Schaper

The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper is Senior Minister of Judson Memorial Church in New York City. Her most recent books are "Approaching the End of Life: A Spiritual and Practical Guide," (Rowman & Littlefield) and "Prayers for People who think they can't" (Abingdon Press).

(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Politics/LawJune 2, 2017

Prexit and the Planet: Our Resistance Must Know No Borders

By Donna Schaper

The US exit from the Paris agreement, our Prexit, is an environmental catastrophe. We needed…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Science & TechnologyNovember 22, 2016

It’s Not Climate Change, It’s Climate Chaos: Lessons from COP22

By Donna Schaper

When it comes to participating in climate chaos, we are like infants learning to walk.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Science & TechnologyNovember 17, 2016

Where Trump and Climate Deniers Seem Very Far Away: COP22 in Marrakech

By Donna Schaper

“Please don’t come here to solve our poverty when yours is so apparent,” the message goes.

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(A)theologies, ArchiveOctober 24, 2016

Jesus Has Left the Building: Celebrating the Next Reformation

By Donna Schaper

Today we have the same fossilization of institutional religion, only this time it is us Protestants.

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ArchiveAugust 10, 2016

Ordination of Women: Keep it Irregular

By Donna Schaper

The year before I was ordained, 1973, I spent every Tuesday night reading Beyond God…

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(A)theologies, OMFGDecember 14, 2015

Post-Paris Reflections: We May Have to Learn to Hope

By Donna Schaper

Now that the goals are reached, the document signed, the minsters packed out of Paris,…

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OMFGDecember 11, 2015

Reporting from Paris: A Prayer for Polluters

By Donna Schaper

Today is a good day for the world famous so-called “Serenity Prayer.” It is part…

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(A)theologies, OMFGDecember 9, 2015

Big Ecumenical Gathering Marks Multi-Faith Presence at Paris Climate Talks

By Donna Schaper

Last night was a full on hope session, with good wine, at the American Cathedral…

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(A)theologiesDecember 9, 2015

Report From Paris: Who Is Naomi Klein, Religiously?

By Donna Schaper

Thank God I got to hear Naomi Klein speak before floating home. I am officially religious; she…

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UncategorizedDecember 8, 2015

Reporting from Paris During COP21: A Haunted Sabbath

By Donna Schaper

This past Sunday—day four of COP21—was a day off for the summit although no one believed…

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