Author name: Brian Allain

And Yet, Democracy Remains an Achievement Worth Defending

From “Defending Democracy from its Christian Enemies” by David P. Gushee Many of the problems classically associated with democracy are not exclusive to democracy. They are basic problems of political order, exacerbated by what traditional Christian theology calls fallen (sinful) human nature. They must be addressed by any political system as it seeks to organize

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The desperate attempt

From “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future” by Robert P. Jones The juxtaposition of our forty-fourth and forty-fifth presidents – and the new identity politics of white Christian nationalism that has emerged across these last dozen years – exposes the heart of the conflict. Obama’s election in

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What GOP states’ cruel rejection of lunch for poor kids reveals about the right-wing brain. And how to fight it.

“Why does Mississippi’s Governor Tate Reeves believe in welfare for rich former quarterbacks but not hungry kids? Reeves’ Republican allies in Mississippi bent over backwards to stuff taxpayer funds into Brett Favre’s jockstrap for vanity programs even the Hall of Fame quarterback struggles to to defend. Yet Governor Reeves recently announced that Mississippi will be

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Love’s healing power

From “The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life” by Lisa Miller, PhD In another innovative study, Dr. Jeanne Achterberg showed that love’s healing power might be transmitted not only through touch or physical proximity but also remotely. At the North Hawaii Community Hospital in Waimea, Achterberg used

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