Going Negative: Traditionalist Churches Gang Up on ‘Progressive Christianity’ in Arizona
Hating on other Christians will surely drive new members into our congregation.
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Mormon Voters Help Recall Russell Pearce
Did Pearce’s attempt to claim official LDS sanction doom his campaign?
Read MoreMeet Arizona’s Even More Anti-Immigrant Bill
Because when it comes to political ambition, you can never be too mean…
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Tucson, Like All Tragedy, is for Adults
The decision to deploy the image of innocent childhood at the end of Obama’s Tuscon speech seemed strange then, and still seems strange now.
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Captain America v. The Collective: Redemption in Tucson
Like superheroes, the Captain America redemptive hero does all the work, requiring no sacrifice from us. The prophetic model, like Martin Luther King Jr., asks us to see collective meaning in suffering.
Read MoreWhat Can We Expect Following Tucson?
More noxious rhetoric, valorizing the dead, and handgun hoarding.
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Doubting Ourselves Through the AZ Shooting
If you believe your opponents are evil does it makes sense to “respect them?”
Read MoreCompassion for AZ Shooter?
Talk of compassion in the wake of the shootings seems like the typical namby-pamby response of religious liberals. Could it be the answer?
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Anti-Immigration Candidate’s Ties to Anti-Gay Church of Rwanda
Kris Kobach’s church part of Anglican Realignment.
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Death in the Desert: Riding With the Samaritans
This year is one of the deadliest on record in the Sonoran desert, as 214 people have perished trying to make the journey across the border. I rode with Brother David Buer, a Franciscan friar, and a volunteer named David Millsap, as we traversed the desert, loaded down with water, Gatorade, crackers, socks, and medical supplies…
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