How Orthodox Christianity Became the Spiritual Home of White Nationalism
There is little doubt as to why Orthodoxy seems appealing to a white nationalist movement.
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Why So Many American Christians Don’t Understand Protest
We would do well to remember that our good news first came as an act of divine protest in the body of a poor, brown baby born in a barn.
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‘Catholic Feminist’ Isn’t an Oxymoron, and Other Tales From a Beleaguered Tradition
In her latest book, journalist Celia Wexler explores the conflicted feelings many Catholic women have towards their faith and the attempts to make peace with the institutions and traditions that fail them.
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What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap
Cuba’s long-time dictator Fidel Castro’s death was both celebrated and mourned.
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“The Camp Is a Ceremony”: A Report From Standing Rock
Thanksgiving has always been a puzzle to me. As a German exchange student in 1993…
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Sharing the Bad News of Donald Trump’s ‘Theology of Glory’
“Quite possibly, bearing the cross might mean opening our homes to immigrants, confronting our racist uncles at Thanksgiving dinner, taking to the streets, and putting our bodies on the line.”
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The Black Church in Trump’s America: Refuge and Resistance
“Resistance will require us to renounce our own tendencies to espouse practices of Islamophobia, patriarchy, and homophobia in our congregations and denominations,” says Rev. Leslie Callahan.
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How Long Before Trump Claims ‘Religious Freedom’ to Avoid Paying Taxes?
The existing evidence suggests Trump is a master at avoiding paying what he owes.
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It’s Not Climate Change, It’s Climate Chaos: Lessons from COP22
When it comes to participating in climate chaos, we are like infants learning to walk.
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“I Can’t Defend My People”: Opting Out of Evangelicalism, Post-Election
November 8th was, for so many of us, the death knell for any claim white evangelicals as a group had on caring for “the least of these.”
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