Showing posts with label Sojourners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sojourners. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Robert P. Jones's Commentary on the "Historical Record of Lived Christianity in America," White Supremacy, and the Recent Sojourners Débacle

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An important contribution (and subtext) of Robert P. Jones's new book White Too Long is its focus on how white Christianity is lived in...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Michael Sean Winters on USCCB Meeting: I Respond

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Yesterday, I received an email from Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, with a copy of Michael Sean Winters's  "Th...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

The News That's Fit to Tell: End-of-Week List

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From a week of news-reading in which I haven't felt sufficient energy to comment on these stories as carefully as I might have wi...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Sojourners Again: Candace Chellew-Hodge on Sojourners Ad about Homeless Gay Youth

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The discussion of the refusal of a leading group of faith-based progressive activists, Sojourners, to refuse an ad by Believe Out Loud ea...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Sojourners and the Quest for Socio-Economic Justice: No One's Human Rights Can Be Optional (and That Includes the Gays)

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And speaking of a false centrism that predictably provides cover for the religious and political right, while professing to be all about ...
Friday, June 24, 2011

In the News: Obama and Marriage, Catholic Church's Welcoming Problem, Jim Wallis and Sojourners Again

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As the week ends, a selection of articles from the week's news that have caught my eye:
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Sojourners Again: Questions about Coherence and Integrity in the Struggle for Justice

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I'm continuing to find the story of Sojourners and its prejudice-driven refusal to take sides in the struggle for justice for LGBT ...
Monday, May 9, 2011

John Aravosis on Sojourners' "Progressive" Stand on Gay Issues

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John Aravosis at AmericablogGay weighs in on Sojourners' refusal to support the "Believe Out Loud" campaign, about which I ...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sojourners Refuses Once Again to "Take Sides" in Struggle for Gay Rights

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    I've noted in a number of previous postings that I no longer offer support to Sojourners, though I'd like to do so.  We sorely ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Ideas Have Consequences: Progressive Pragmatists, Idealists and the Future of Obama Administration

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In my wrap-up posting about Mr. Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame, I concluded, If there is going to be a resurgence of progre...