Rev. William Barber: Speaking “Truth that Empowers”
I moved to the Triangle area of North Carolina in 2014, and I had only…
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Georgetown Poverty Summit Impoverished on Women in More Ways Than One
You can’t silo the “family side of the problem” from the economic side—they’re two sides of the same coin.
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It’s Theology, Not Baseball: Misunderstanding Iraq’s Sectarian Conflicts
Nothing is as conducive to global radical mobilization as an exclusive theological summons.
Read MoreReligious Leaders: Time to End Silence on Reproductive Justice
A reverend calls for other religious leaders to speak up and urge President Obama to stand for the reproductive rights of women.
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Syria and the American Apocalyptic Imagination: Isaiah 17:1 as “Evidence” of the End
“Religious enthusiasm” or the American apocalyptic can be read as modes of the disaffection of the citizen in a time of political delegitimation. We often see this “religion” taking shape most clearly when we focus all the way down, to the odd hybrid of melancholy and triumphalism in these assertions about Damascus.
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The Zimmerman Acquittal: America’s Racist God
God ain’t good all of the time.
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No Fireworks, Only Candles: Our Work as Americans and Muslims
I have no desire to set off fireworks, jump into a car and yell out the window while waving fists and flags. If I were in New York City, I would light a candle at the memorial and keep vigil. In San Francisco, I pray in a room lit only by a streetlamp, filled with sadness for those who have died in America, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, and apprehension at the terrorism-related deaths to come. Our work as Americans and Muslims is far from done.
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