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Why James H. Cone’s Liberation Theology Matters More Than Ever

By Daniel José Camacho

…r rejected Cone—and liberation theologies—as heretical, unbiblical, reverse-racist class-warfare. A Christianity Today piece on Michael Brown suggests that Cone’s gospel is “for hatred, bitterness, [and] unforgiveness.” Even when he is not vehemently repudiated, I believe that Cone is largely misunderstood. One misunderstanding of Cone takes the form of an endorsement. I’ve often heard Cone and other liberationists’ work reduced to the axiom, “all…

America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…ieve right-wing Christians will either reconsider the humanity of Jesus vis-à-vis Christ’s divinity or that their desire for a white Christian theocratic state will be abandoned, it does require progressive Christians to abandon the notion that they represent a more authentic and inherently better interpretation of the Gospel. Heeding Thurman’s call to follow the example of a more humble, less theologically triumphant, and (more importantly) flawe…

Abortion Provider George Tiller Murdered at Church

By Frances Kissling

…is on the rise. It is now eleven years since a doctor, clinic escort, or 22-year-old bright-eyed clinic receptionist has been shot and killed. For Dr. Tiller, the violence never subsided. His clinic was regularly picketed; he was harassed with lawsuits organized by anti-abortion groups. It is absolutely amazing that he continued to do his work, to help very desperate and frightened women. Now he is dead, gunned down on his way to church. Let us ho…

Russia Expels Gay American Pastor, An Epidemic of Anti-LGBT Violence in Brazil, And More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ty responded to what they called a “conference of hate” only with a few hit-and-run public measures. The gathering’s agenda jived with Moscow’s anti-Western propaganda, often centered within Eurasia on emphasizing the wariness of LGBT rights that Russia shares with former Soviet republics like Georgia. In a fiery denunciation, the WCF’s Georgian host, US-educated businessman Levan Vasadze, declared that the West owes Georgia an apology for foistin…

Civil Rights’ Roughneck Preacher, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (1922-2011)

By Anthea Butler

…death and betrayal of MLK by Ralph Abernathy—not to mention divorce and re-marriage. Along the way, he caused a church split or two. You could say he was a restless man. There was no doubting, however, that he was tough, determined, and sold out to the cause. As a historian, I actually like the no-nonsense, roughneck preacher more than MLK. He didn’t have an easy life. He was a truck driver who went to college at night and was once arrested for…

The Real Reason For “Vagina-gate”

By Jerry Faught

…an intra-Baptist controversy that has been the subject of many a “building-bridges”-themed conference—are notoriously patriarchal and intolerant of real theological diversity. Read the Founder’s Journal and the writings of other noteworthy SBC Calvinists and the theological chauvinism and intolerance will hit you in the face immediately.) Shame on Rachel Evans! What makes her think she can follow her conscience and refuse to submit to the recogni…

Grace Under Pressure: Reclaiming Hope for Progressive Religion

By Daniel Schultz

…we are talking about the President of the United States, not our Theologian-in-Chief. Obama’s rhetoric is aimed where it should be. He wants to motivate citizens around a particular vision of what government is and can be. The rest, despite Obama’s occasional nod to changing the culture, is so much political adiaphora. But somebody needs to say these things. It seems to me—admittedly unscientifically—that people want to hear not that things can be…

Warren Cancels Forum Obama/Romney Declined to Attend

By Sarah Posner

…en] declared that voting for a “Holocaust denier” (i.e., someone who is pro-choice) is a “deal-breaker” for many evangelicals. Obama was pressured to talk about “abortion reduction,” but Warren likens such rhetoric likening it to Schindler’s List: an attempt to save some lives but not end a “holocaust.” In the world of the “broader agenda” evangelicals, when liberals advocate for gay marriage, they’re stoking the culture wars; when a “broader agen…

Senate Candidate Todd Akin’s Anti-Abortion Acquaintances from the Late ’80s

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…congregation listens attentively, there are no amens, hallelujahs or praise-the-Lords; all eyes, at one point of the sermon or another, sneak a look at the back pew, where I’m seated. Afterward, several people ask politely, “So, how do you know Tim?” He later confesses that the church is trying to get him married. Most of the family and friends who’ve known Dreste over the years describe him as a “normal kid,” “nice guy,” “smart as a whip” — but a…

Message to Anti-Gay Pastors: Double Down

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ver pretty to watch anyone going through death throes as they cling to long-held beliefs that have been proven to be at odds with the march of history toward equality and justice. However, La Rue did make one salient point that those of us continuing the fight for full equality for LGBT people would do well to remember. In vacating the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Proposition 8, the Supreme Court struck down that court’s ruling that wh…