Hope & Change in a Racist Nation: A Necessary Disillusion
I now live in a tiny state whose motto is “Hope.” When the pandemic struck,…
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‘We’re all in this together’: The Perils of Kumbaya Rhetoric
Talk is cheap, and sentimental talk cheapens public discourse in dangerous ways at a time…
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‘We Are Not the Country We Think We Are’; A Crucial Point That Faith-Lite Leaders Too Often Miss
Caring and sharing: that’s the theme of 99% of the faith community response to the…
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COVID-19 is Concentrating Wealth Even Further; Can we Talk About the Surplus of Powerlessness in the Faith Community?
With the Sanders candidacy now over—and with thanks to the NYT’s Elizabeth Breunig for her…
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Trump’s Potentially Deadly Easter Celebration Has His Daddy’s Pastor’s Magical Thinking Written All Over It
While most pandemic-aware Christian leaders have already canceled any public gathering for the Feast of…
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Funding of Religious Education is ‘6-Lane Highway’ Through Church-State Wall
Yesterday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of Montana’s ban on direct…
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Scholars Upset With ‘1619 Project’ Must Abandon Vision of ‘America the Righteous’
Living at a time when every day brings fresh horrors, and living as well through various…
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Yes, Virginia: There IS a War on Christmas: Its Revolutionary Meaning is Inverted in the Winner-Take-All Era
I have gradually been catching some holiday spirit. I am feeling a fair amount of…
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Progressive Christian Arrogance Isn’t as Big a Threat as ‘Just Be Nice’
A recent opinion piece scolds fellow progressive Christians who suffer from an inability to invite a “healthy dialogue” on controversial issues. There’s certainly some truth to that, but there’s a far more consequential problem in progressive Christian circles.
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Almost-Blockbuster Netflix Series ‘The Family’ Exposes a Christian Network Whose God Is Power
Homophobia, misogyny, and contempt for the poor are so very much taken for granted and accepted as “Christian” within The Family that its principals are able to say, with a perfectly straight face, that they have no political agenda when they support and subsidize authoritarian leaders around the world who exemplify and implement these hatreds.
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