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How Much is a (Progressive) Pastor Worth?

By Preston Davis

…he finished with, “I wonder if that will make it to the front page of the news.” It was a good show for the new pastor—as it had to be. But because of last week’s headlines, when most people think of Rev. Braxton they will also think of a dollar sign. Is it a lot of money? You bet your sweet financial recession it is. But the church is betting that to be a big influential progressive church, they have to make a big financial investment in their l…

Future of Liberal Religion: A Counterculture Blooms?

By Jill K. Gill

…0s, they are simply living life as they think it should be lived. Take the New Fire network as an example. This consortium of groups of young adult ecumenists energetically rejects the liberal/conservative war even as they commit their lives to fostering peace with justice. As one New Fire participant and member of the Church of the Brethren states, We live in a world that is broken, hurting, and calling out for the children of God to be revealed….

Perhaps Islam isn’t the Only Reason Donald Trump Didn’t Recall Muhammad Ali

By Sean O'Neil

…ting. When doctors clear Money to play late in the season, his hopes are renewed and he gets life back on track, which, given the narrative structure in which these events are portrayed, seems to unlock heavenly monetary rewards. Indeed, a businessman who has been “very blessed” offers to pay for the entirety of his college education, which, Coach Bill assures him, was due to Money’s resiliency in the face of adversity. Born to a humble steel-work…

Catholic Bad Girls or Good Catholic Women: Bridging the Generation Gap

By Kate Childs Graham

…minism. But perhaps this is another debate for another day. New Activists, New Tricks The climate in which young progressive Catholics grew up, in both the church and society, is a world apart from that which the “Catholic bad girls” experienced. For young progressive Catholics in the United States, abortion has been legal (to varying degrees) our whole lives. The birth control pill has been similarly available. Vatican II is akin to the Vietnam W…

Muslims in America, Fifty Years Later: New Poll Shows Pride and Optimism In the Face of Bias

By Edward E. Curtis IV

A newly-released Pew poll (headline: “U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream“) reveals a Muslim America that has changed dramatically in the past five decades. In 1967, there were probably fewer than 250,000 self-identifying Muslims in the United States: today, according the poll, there are about 3.35 million. So, the Muslim community is likely ten times larger than it was fifty years ag…

Opposition To DADT Repeal And The High Rate Of Evangelical Chaplains

By Sarah Posner

…nd the U.S. Military, 1942-1993, dates the trend back to the Vietnam War.) New York Times, 2005: There are also growing numbers of enlistees from evangelical churches. In 2005, there were 1,794 members of the Assemblies of God in the Air Force, 597 from the Church of the Nazarene and 108 from the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Because so many churches cannot be comfortably categorized as evangelical or nonevangelical, and because so many enlis…

Will the Taliban Actually Remain Somewhat Moderate This Time?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…evacuate the embassy via helicopters that landed on the roof as the North Vietnamese army tanks literally broke down the Embassy gates. The airport was out of commission since the North Vietnamese military had attacked it, and in fact the last American soldiers to lose their lives in the war were defending the airport. After that last helicopter flight not a single person was evacuated by the US military. The “boat people” who fled Vietnam did so…

Martin Luther King in the Era of Occupy

By Paul Harvey

…Martin Luther King Jr. excelled. In post-WWII America, King was part of a new generation of Southern black ministers and congregants who played a pivotal role in “refocusing the cultural content” of African-American churches toward a theological framework capable of inspiring and sustaining mass protest. While blanket characterizations of early twentieth century black churches as heirs to an “otherworldly,” “pie-in-the-sky” gospel are certainly o…

Billy Graham and the Gospel of American Nationalistic Christianity

By Anthea Butler

…ing the country together after the Kent State massacre and the toll of the Vietnam War. Graham led a prayer service on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Graham’s sermon included checking the “stitches” (on the US flag) of racism, poverty and foreign policy. While Graham and others promoted a strong America, part of the audience engaged in an “Honor America Day Smoke-In,” while white nationalists protested for the white man. While Graham would lat…

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Decadence, Sickness, and Death: Mourning and the Israel-Hamas War

By Shaul Magid

…on mean that we are all innocent. As Abraham Joshua Heschel said regarding Vietnam, “in a free society, some are guilty but all are responsible.” Responsibility isn’t guilt. But neither is it innocence. In the aftermath of the events of October 7, both Israeli and Palestinian societies were thrown into a new state of crisis. Israel was already in a state of internal crisis around questions of democracy, as the unprecedented protests have shown. An…