Reaching Evangelicals and Catholics: An Interview with Doug Pagitt of Vote Common Good
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Bad Christian art
Since I feel that most examples of bad Christian art don’t deserve serious critical attention, I’ve decided to talk in
Repentance will require people of European descent to face this truth
When the image of God was crushed, broken, twisted, distorted, covered, or erased, the ancient Hebrews originally hearing this text
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A healing matrix
When the one hundredth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth was observed in 2018, many wrote of his accomplishments, which included
“What must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Remember the story of a young Jewish scholar who approaches Jesus and asks him, “What must I do to inherit
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Presbyterians to divest from 5 oil companies, including Exxon Mobil, after years of debate
Presbyterians have long had ties to the oil industry, as have many other faith groups in the United States. Leaders
Like moving to Taiwan
Leaving whiteness and entering an anti-racist world were, for me, like moving to Taiwan. I didn’t know the lay of
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Compartmentalizing
Psychologists discuss another sort of compartmentalization, which gets mixed reviews. I’ve experienced that, too. As a child, when a frightening
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When Political Lies Lead to Political Violence
From high-level lawmakers to to local poll workers, people who would not live by Trump’s lies have been violently targeted.
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A pattern of outrage management
There’s a reason the white world has tried to censor Black anger: anger is a revolutionary emotion. When the oppressed
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New data reveals extraordinary global heating in the Arctic
Temperatures in the Barents Sea region are ‘off the scale’ and may affect extreme weather in the US and Europe
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How Christian Nationalism Paved the Way for Jan. 6 Insurrection
In this video interview, Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service talks about his article How Christian Nationalism Paved the Way
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His was a social revolution
Jesus lived in an unjust society and throughout his life witnessed the constant abuse of his people by the Roman
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How millions of lives can be saved if the US acts now on climate
Researchers have now calculated how many people could be saved from heat-related death if the US takes meaningful action https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/16/us-climate-crisis-millions-lives-saved
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“The glory of God is a human being fully alive.”
One common misconception about Jesus is that his earthly ministry was defined primarily by his teaching and preaching. But read
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Where Does Racial Harmony Exist?
One way to heal the racial divide is to observe under what conditions racial harmony exists or flourishes. I notice
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A small round table conversation
We recently hosted a small round table conversation in Atlanta, Georgia. The topic was race and racism. We invited ten
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The Theft of Identity
Our first claim is that White supremacy stole the truth about the identity of African Americans. In saying this, we
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God in Christ makes clear whose side God is on when it comes to questions of injustice
From a theological lens, Christians assert that God chose to incarnate as a first-century Jewish man, as a member of
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