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Read More…xactly what Cone did—although he certainly expanded the doing of theology, using the structures of blackness (e.g., literature and music) as both resource and method. Next, the work currently done in various forms of black theology and womanist theology is due to the level of academic comfort made possible through the intellectual-professional struggles of figures such as Cone, Katie Cannon, Charles Long, Jacquelyn Grant, Peter Paris, J. Deotis Ro…
Read More…ple can just stomp their feet on.” While Perkins has expressed interest in using his new position as an opportunity to support “religious freedom and the defense of religious minorities,” he might find that the USCIRF actually doesn’t require a significant change in focus from his own preoccupations with Christians’ rights. The USCIRF dates back to 1998, when it was instituted as an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission as par…
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…nd they are in a death struggle with each other. It is a huge gang battle, using well-meaning lawyers and policemen and clergymen as their front, controlling papers, means of communication, and enrolling everybody in their armies. (May I suggest that the spirit of Bill McKibben hovers over “First Reformed” as well: the Bill McKibben who first warned us 30 years ago about what climate change was about to unleash.) Because the environmental theme is…
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…ple can just stomp their feet on.” While Perkins has expressed interest in using his new position as an opportunity to support “religious freedom and the defense of religious minorities,” he might find that the USCIRF actually doesn’t require a significant change in focus from his own preoccupations with Christians’ rights. The USCIRF dates back to 1998, when it was instituted as an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission as par…
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…xactly what Cone did—although he certainly expanded the doing of theology, using the structures of blackness (e.g., literature and music) as both resource and method. Next, the work currently done in various forms of black theology and womanist theology is due to the level of academic comfort made possible through the intellectual-professional struggles of figures such as Cone, Katie Cannon, Charles Long, Jacquelyn Grant, Peter Paris, J. Deotis Ro…
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…nment should be neutral in matters of religion and certainly should not be using public schools to tell young people that there is one God and they must trust that God.” “The message isn’t subtle” she observes, “and it suggests that if you don’t agree, you aren’t welcome and you even may be un-American. That’s a lot of pressure when you’re in elementary school.” Measures in Category 2 are framed as “Resolutions and Proclamations Recognizing th…
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…ilege LGBTQ struggle over other struggles. 64% of our congregations report using the “Side With Love” resources we provide, but an even greater number—75%—report that they are engaging or have engaged with #BlackLivesMatter or are doing other racial justice advocacy work. Which is not to say that every congregation works on every issue. Context matters. In some locations climate justice or immigration might be of paramount importance, and no one…
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…lly be compensated for (travel, some lost wages, etc) and on the ethics of using social media to seek out living donors. I’m currently working on a project that would expand the idea of social support to potentially include institutions, such as churches, that are willing to provide the transportation and daily care that’s required to recover post-transplant. Currently, there’s a preference for traditional family models of social support to qualif…
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…there’s a reasonable claim to be made that so long as the congregation is using its own funds, its religious beliefs may control how it administers its programs. After all, longstanding precedents establish that religious organizations can hire and fire ministers for reasons that might not normally be permissible. Churches can apply their own tests for what it means to be a member in good standing, or where the threshold for excommunication lies….
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