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Politics in a Time of Crisis: Sandy? Blame Socialism

By Haroon Moghul

…rankenstorm. We cannot of course trace any single weather event to climate change, but we can be left with certain critical impressions that should be part of our political conversation. First, we need government in times of crisis—those who are badly affected by storms are often afflicted for no particular reason, but still require help from their fellow citizens (consider my earlier question of what constitutes a crisis). The affected are just i…

Liberation Theology is Alive and Well

By Mary E. Hunt

…e together to explore diversity and sustainability, migration, and climate change, all from fully embodied perspectives. Those formerly on the margins must take center stage with women, indigenous people, and those with disabilities leading the way. We don’t need a license to do theology, she counsels the youngster, only courage. The closing ceremony brought her words alive in chanting, drumming, and dancing led by indigenous people from around th…

2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back, 1 Step Sideways: The Chaotic Progression of LGBTQ Inclusion at Christian Colleges

By Donovan Ackley III

…and presented a workshop on these students’ needs and activism at Creating Change, the National LGBTQ Task Force annual conference in February. Professor Bevins’ experience at George Fox is similar to my own very public departure in 2013 from Azusa Pacific University, where I was at one time its chair of theology and philosophy, and taught ministry and theology for 15 years while complying with, then recovering from the near-fatal effects of vario…

Progressive & Religious

By Robert P. Jones

…passion to inspire people to step up and make sacrifices to work for real change. How do you feel about the cover? I’m happy with the cover, especially the main title, “Progressive & Religious,” in large orange stylized script. We decided to go without any cover images, mostly because it was difficult to think about an image that would adequately capture the energy and diversity of this new movement. Images of the Civil Rights era, the last t…

Prophecy and Prosperity are Keys to Republican Christian Nationalism According to New Poll

By Daniel Schultz

…Donald Trump. Those implications fall into two broad categories: religious change and the faith identity of Trump’s followers. To set the scene for the first category, let’s list some general points of interest: Mainline Protestants outnumber evangelicals by a very slim margin Only nine percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans are looking for a new “religious or spiritual home” Almost half of the people who reported leaving a religious tradit…

Father Does Not Know Best: How To Fix the Catholic Church

By Mary E. Hunt

…that is, a nun instead of a priest, is a fresh thought. On reflection, it changes only gender and not structure. Conservative nuns are currently doing the Vatican’s bidding in the Apostolic Visitation of progressive nuns. This makes me dubious about imputing special virtue to women in general, women religious in particular. Besides, nuns are as lay as the rest of us, so why privilege them? How easy it is for even smart columnists to fall into the…

Has This Anti-Muslim Extremist Reformed… Or Just Gotten Less Extreme?

By Nathan Lean

…am, which facilitated his departure. First, will Robinson’s message really change? Just because he’s no longer with the EDL and claims to reject the increasingly violent direction the group had taken doesn’t mean that he has seen the light about hate speech; it doesn’t mean that his invectives about Muslims will be any less inflammatory or that he will change his views on Quran burning, Muslim immigration, deportation, mosque construction, etc. It…

Would Obama Have Chosen a Racist for Inauguration?

By Debra W. Haffner

…orked tirelessly for this election because we believed in change, and that change would mean an end to the attacks on reproductive justice and LGBT persons’ civil rights. We’re all just a little less sure that we can count on the change we’ve been promised. In this season of Advent, we are indeed waiting and praying that our hopes—not just for the new administration, but for us all—are realized. And I’m praying to let go of this dismay so I can tr…

Mormon Missionary Service: Now with More Service

By Holly Welker

…hree years ago and was adopted about a year ago in Dallas and Denver. This change has become necessary because the church has finally realized that tracting did not work, both because people are less often home during the day and less willing to let strangers into their homes when they are at home. As a returned missionary who did her fair share of tracting, I’m also very pleased about this change. Knocking on doors that, more often than not, no o…

Queer Repentance: On Not Surrendering to a Text, to Guilt, or to Habit

By Jay Michaelson

…is possible, is used as a weapon against sexual minorities. The desire to change—fundamental to tshuvah—is, when applied to homosexuality, unhealthy. For our community, “change” is a code word for repression, distortion, and fear. So LGBT people must either abandon repentance or queer it. If we are not to reject it, we must make it our own, make it more complex, set aside its oversimplifications. The good news is that this is a gift to everybody…