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    • As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
      As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
    • Sharbat Gula’s Experience Exemplifies the ‘White Savior’ Lens Through Which Most Americans View Afghanistan
      Sharbat Gula’s Experience Exemplifies the ‘White Savior’ Lens Through Which Most Americans View Afghanistan
    • The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
      The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Politics/Law
    • The <em>Times</em> Has to Make a Choice: It Can’t Laugh at Satanic Claims and Take the Christian Right at Face Value
      The Times Has to Make a Choice: It Can’t Laugh at Satanic Claims and Take the Christian Right at Face Value
    • As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
      As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
    • Is This the End of <em>Roe v. Wade</em> And the End of Abortion Rights in the US?
      Is This the End of Roe v. Wade And the End of Abortion Rights in the US?
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Sharbat Gula’s Experience Exemplifies the ‘White Savior’ Lens Through Which Most Americans View Afghanistan
      Sharbat Gula’s Experience Exemplifies the ‘White Savior’ Lens Through Which Most Americans View Afghanistan
    • Is This the End of <em>Roe v. Wade</em> And the End of Abortion Rights in the US?
      Is This the End of Roe v. Wade And the End of Abortion Rights in the US?
    • Scolding Those Who Choose Pets But No Children Pope Misses the Rainforest for the Trees
      Scolding Those Who Choose Pets But No Children Pope Misses the Rainforest for the Trees
  • New Books
    • Do Make Trouble: The Complex World of Radical Jewish ‘Revenge Theologian,’ Meir Kahane
      Do Make Trouble: The Complex World of Radical Jewish ‘Revenge Theologian,’ Meir Kahane
    • ‘We Remember a United States That Fought the Nazis’: A German Scholar of Fascism Weighs in on Christian Nationalism in the U.S.
      ‘We Remember a United States That Fought the Nazis’: A German Scholar of Fascism Weighs in on Christian Nationalism in the U.S.
    • In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power
      In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power
  • Christian Nationalism
    • As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
      As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
    • Praying for a Victory: Packed Supreme Court Takes Up Yet Another Christian Nationalist Cause
      Praying for a Victory: Packed Supreme Court Takes Up Yet Another Christian Nationalist Cause
    • The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
      The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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.

(A)theologies, ScienceApril 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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Culture, Politics/LawFebruary 4, 2009

Daschle Is Gone—But the Stench of Insider Corruption Lingers

By Peter Laarman

While it’s good that Obama won’t have this rotten apple in his administration it does nothing about the tree.

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