God, Guns, and the Confederate Flag
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley ordered the removal of four Confederate flags from the state capital grounds…
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Conservative Catholics Try to Domesticate Laudato Si
Conservative Catholics are working overtime to downplay the radical nature of Laudato si, the pope’s encyclical…
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I had to read Brooks’ column on Laudato si a couple of times to realize fully what…
Read MoreWhy Dylann Roof Acted on His Racism
It’s all about the apocalypse.
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Read MoreSouthern Baptists Are Like Jews During WWII? Ronnie Floyd Makes a Ridiculous Analogy
SBC’s Ronnie Floyd name-drops Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian he appears to know nothing at all about.
Read MoreIgnoring the Pope on Climate Change is Not Like Using Contraception
The encyclical is finally here. Laudato si was officially released today and has already produced a tremendous…
Read MoreWhen It’s OK to Ignore the Pope
Now that Pope Francis has officially affirmed a “very solid scientific consensus” that the earth…
Read MoreElisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) and the Rise of Extreme Evangelicalism
In the evangelical world in which I was born and raised, Elisabeth Elliot (who died…
Read MoreBy The Numbers: Jeb Opposes Francis on Climate Change at His Peril
Ahead of the release of Pope Francis’ first major encyclical Laudato si, dealing with global…
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