Friday, July 31, 2015

Jacob J. Erickson on Killing of Cecil the Lion As Part of "Larger Theological History of Environmental, Gendered, and Colonial Injustice"

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In several comments yesterday, I recommended Jacob J. Erickson's recent essay at Religion Dispatches entitled " The Martyrdo...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Leah Mickens on Kenyan Catholic Bishops' Response to Polio Vaccination Campaign: Problem Is Not Just Kenyan Bishops

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Yesterday, Leah Mickens published a statement about the response of the Catholic bishops of Kenya to the polio vaccination campaign ...

Quote for Day: "Why Is It an Animal Being Shot Gathers More Empathy Than Black People Being Killed for Nothing in America?"

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Why is it an animal being shot gathers more empathy than black people being killed for nothing in America. #Iknowtheanswer #whiteracistte...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The Doctored Gotcha Planned Parenthood Video and Catholic Responses to It: Some Critical Questions

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I haven't talked about that doctored gotcha video made by David Daleiden, who is in cahoots with the odious right-wing gotcha...

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Kenyan Catholic Bishops Oppose Polio Vaccination for Children

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One minute, the Catholic bishops of Kenya are up in arms about the fact that the U.S. president dares to defend the human rights of ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Stephanie Krehbiel on Violence, Community, and Struggle for LGBTQ Justice in the Mennonite Church: Parallels to Catholic Conversations — Or, Why LGBT Folks Remain the Problem Even As Straight Men Engage in Sexual Predation

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I've mentioned the work of Mennonite American Studies scholar Stephanie Krehbiel here in the past — for instance, in this Februar...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Men (American Ones) and Their Guns: Two Takes on Lafayette Shooting

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Hot off the press this morning, two noteworthy observations about the shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday: