The Religion of Self Improvement Grinds On Despite Hard Times for Grads
Graduation time—and the living ain’t easy.
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The Racial Politics of Atheism
The absence of historical and sociological context for atheist politics, and its disconnection from social justice activism, will keep it in the lily-white one-percent column.
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American Buddhism: Beyond the Search for Inner Peace
When I showed up, the room at Harvard Divinity School was already overflowing. World-renowned professors were packing the aisles along with undergrads, standing in the doorways, and squeezing in behind furniture. At the front of the room stood Bhikkhu Bodhi—a short, soft-spoken Buddhist monk…
Read MoreEvangelicals Struggle With the Role of Churches in Society
Some people think that evangelicals only do charity out of a selfish desire to convert non-believers. Others insist that evangelical faith-based organizations are secretly installing a Christian theocracy. Both assumptions are misguided in my view because they are too narrow. Moral Ambition seeks to broaden (and refine) our sense of what everyday evangelicals believe they are doing, or would like to be doing, when they engage the public sphere.
Read MoreMay Day 2012: Religion’s Revolutionary Potential
Nathan Schneider on “occupying faith.”
Read MoreThe War Over Getting the Bishops’ Budget Approval
Letters, and more letters, over Ryan’s budget and Catholic social justice teaching.
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High Schooler says Barbara Ehrenreich’s Book Violates his Civil Rights
New Hampshire family wants school officials booted for assigning Nickeled and Dimed.
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Glenn Beck’s Cheap Grace
In his latest attack on the Social Justice, Glenn Beck slams the work of James H. Cone and Black Liberation Theology. On the surface, what Beck says may be appealing; Cone does make people uncomfortable. With a black man in the White House and talk of a “post-racial” America, who…
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Glenn Beck’s ‘Social Justice’ Heresies
Though some conservatives worry that Beck’s anti-social justice rants make them look uncaring they all share a loathing of government.
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Glenn Beck Takes on Liberation Theology
Last Tuesday, Glenn Beck dedicated an entire episode to attacking liberation theology and one of its greatest proponents, James Cone. RD speaks to the president of Union Theological Seminary to talk about liberation theology, hate, and the longterm prospects for progressive Christianity.
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