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      Progressive Christian Election Response ‘Give us Barabbas’ May Be Well-Meaning — But Functions as Anti-Jewish Dogwhistle
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      New Doc Claiming Columbus was Jewish May Have Some Accuracy Issues — But There’s a Far Bigger Issue We Need to Reckon With
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      Packed with Threats of Political Violence, Media Largely Ignore the NAR’s ‘Million Women’ Rally in DC
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      Phoning It In: ‘Heathen’ Isn’t a Neutral Religious Description — It’s Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
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      Trump’s Fervent Christian Zionists Poised to Lead the Military — And US-Israel Relations
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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.

Peter Laarman, RD BlogMay 22, 2014

Vincent Harding, 1931-2014 – An Appreciation

By Peter Laarman

My heart skipped a beat when I spotted Vincent Harding’s obituary in the New York Times. I only…

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Politics/LawDecember 12, 2013

Jerry Brown’s Cynical, Unethical Prison Plan

By Peter Laarman

No amount of high-end religious training appears to have shaped Governor Jerry Brown’s conscience sufficiently for him to escape the all-too-familiar pattern of selling himself politically.

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawDecember 12, 2013

Cue the Mad Swine: A Biblical Lesson for Republicans

By Peter Laarman

It’s impossible for me to think about the goings-on in the House Republican caucus without recalling the story of Jesus and the Gadarene (or Gerasene) demoniac in Mark 5. A lurid story if ever there was one, and…

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Guest BloggersNovember 18, 2013

How Not to Support Obamacare

By Peter Laarman

Why can’t the Dems seem to be able to muster an ethical argument for Affordable Care?

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Guest Bloggers, Peter LaarmanNovember 7, 2013

God’s Amicus Curiae on Town of Greece v. Galloway SCOTUS Case

By Peter Laarman

“You say you want me? Well here I AM!”

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Peter LaarmanSeptember 11, 2013

Obama Appeals to American Exceptionalism

By Peter Laarman

But do we still think we’re more ethical? 

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Guest Bloggers, Peter Laarman, Politics/LawSeptember 11, 2013

On NSA Spying, What’s With the Silence of the Lambs?

By Peter Laarman

Democratic spying appears to be a less inspiring rallying cry for religious leftists.

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Guest Bloggers, Peter LaarmanSeptember 11, 2013

For National Security, A Psalm of Exaltation

By Peter Laarman

Because scripture is a living thing.

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Guest Bloggers, Peter LaarmanSeptember 11, 2013

Eyes on the Prize, Rainbow People! A Post-DOMA Challenge

By Peter Laarman

Celebrating a breakthrough, but lamenting this week’s losses in the Voting Rights case.

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Guest Bloggers, Peter Laarman, Politics/LawSeptember 11, 2013

Time To Call a Satan a Satan?

By Peter Laarman

A pastor takes a close look at GOP policies.

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