Christian Nationalists and the Holy Gun Crusade
In the wake of every mass shooting in this country, we have a brief moment…
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What the Hell is Wrong With Us? A Muslim Response to America’s Failure to Change
More times than I can remember, I’ve had to ascend the minbar and address a…
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There’s Nothing Wrong with ‘Prayer’; But There’s Every Reason to be Skeptical of Pence’s Coronavirus Prayer Circle
A plague is upon us. And white evangelicals, naturally, are on the scene—theologizing the COVID-19…
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Beyond ‘Thoughts and Prayers’: How the Christian Right’s Politics of Providentialism Keeps America from Addressing Gun Violence
In order for the GOP leadership to continue to do nothing on guns they need loyal foot soldiers to deliver messaging that appeals to their base. What this messaging, familiar to those of us who grew up in the Christian Right, tells us about the “soul” of the Republican Party is not pretty.
Read MoreAfter More Mass Shootings It’s Time to Call Out White Supremacy in the Pews
I’m a preacher and I can say with near certainty that 99% of the sermons preached yesterday morning didn’t get close to the level of truth-telling that’s needed. Nor will the compulsory “thoughts and prayers” pronouncements, nor the words spoken at memorial services over the next days and weeks.
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Parkland Activists Don’t Care What You Think And They’re Not Interested in the Faith Wars
It’s been interesting to wake up this morning and discover that the #NEVERAGAIN kids have…
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I Don’t Think ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Means What You Think it Means: A Counterargument
The sudden birth and development of the #NEVERAGAIN movement, led by students who survived the…
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Can Government Solve The Evil Of Mass Shootings? A Response to Mollie Hemingway
Yesterday’s shootings at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas were horrific and especially…
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#BlackLivesMatterStill: We Cannot Let Anyone Else Define Our Movement
Words are insufficient. Words—like horror, atrocity and domestic terrorism—are inadequate. Words—like sin, evil and blasphemy—are…
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