For Jesus, a politics of love manifests itself in the form of compassion, which in Latin means literally to “suffer with another.” Genuine compassion evokes a deep concern for the suffering and well-being of neighbor, and is expressed most fully in the “basileia tou theou,” the Kingdom of God. Life lived in the Kingdom of […]
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When historians look back at the history of Christianity and politics in the United States, 2016 will hopefully be marked as the turning of the tide. The alliance between the religious right and the Republican Party held strong despite Donald Trump’s rampant immorality, but it also shined a light on the nature of their unholy
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We need to begin to heal from all the horrors of our histories and heritages. from Religion News Service
The Chauvin verdict is an island of justice in a river of Black pain Read More »
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/04/15/interfaith-campus-partnerships-are-building-bridges-to-overcome-our-divisions/
Interfaith campus partnerships are building bridges to overcome our divisions Read More »
As I listen in on private and public conversations about the problems of American democracy, I’m struck time and again by how often our political talk is about people who aren’t in the room. We almost always talk about them – “those people” in Washington, D.C., or in our state capitols – the people we
White privilege means that even though your life may not be easy, the color of your skin does not provide additional obstacles to your success. Because privilege is often invisible to those who have it, here’s a handy list of some of the ways white privilege may operate – in society, and yes, in your
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A dictionary for these polarized times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/opinion/infrastructure-democrats-republicans.html
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After decades of regional tensions at the Triennial Conventions, where Baptists gathered to coordinate their church and missions work in the early eighteen hundreds, Baptists in the South brought the issue of the compatibility to slaveholding and Christianity to a head. The lead architect of these efforts was Reverend Basil Manly Sr., president of the
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