Tearing Down Evangelical Icons: Why Penn’s Decision to Remove George Whitefield Statue May Be Good for American Evangelicalism
It’s a curious fact of history that a statue of John Wesley stands prominently ensconced…
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On the Erasure of Whiteness in Responses to Convicted Pedophile Jan Joosten, a White Man
In her now classic paper titled White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo writes about the many ways…
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Love the Scholarship But Hate the Scholar’s Sin?: ‘Himpathy’ for an Academic Pedophile Enables a Culture of Abuse
In her excellent book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, the philosopher Kate Manne coined…
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In a Powerful Statement Black Presidents and Deans Say: No More Stolen Black Lives!
On Monday, I and a group of womanist Presidents and Deans, decided that we would…
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The Heart of Texas Ain’t Hateful: An Open Letter to Lawmakers From a Texan Trans Queer Latinx
Dear Texas Legislators, The Lone Star State still holds a ten-gallon spot in my heart,…
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Andrew Sullivan Really Took This Opportunity to Misread Intersectionality?
“Here’s the latest in the assault on liberal democracy,” writes Andrew Sullivan, as he decries…
Read MoreThe Risk of Teaching Theology in a Public University: A Response
A year ago, the University of California at Berkeley announced that it had been awarded…
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What Good Is It for Union to Gain the World, But Forfeit Its Soul?
“I have never really understood exactly what a ‘liberal’ is,” Assata Shakur writes, “since I…
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Rumors of the Suicide of the Liberal Church Are Exaggerated: A Response to Chris Hedges
Within the first dozen words of Chris Hedges’ recent article on liberal Protestants we learn both…
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Feminist Critics of Wearing Hijab in Solidarity Fall Into Same Old Traps
Though Wheaton professor Larycia Hawkins was officially reprimanded for claiming that Muslims and Christian worship the same god,…
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