Showing posts with label churches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label churches. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Ruth Krall's New Study Course "Black Lives Matter": A Valuable Educational Resource.

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Ruth Krall If Robert P. Jones is correct when he writes that white Christianity has served throughout American history as "the central ...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

More Valuable Commentary about Robert P. Jones's White Too Long

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New interviews with Robert P. Jones keep coming along after the recent publication of his book  White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremac...
Monday, August 3, 2020

Valuable Commentary about Robert P. Jones's White Too Long

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As a companion piece to my recent announcement of the publication of Robert P. Jones's book  White Too Long: The Legacy of White...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Robert P. Jones's White Too Long Published Today: A Must-Read Book about American Christianity and White Supremacy

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No matter how distracted and enervated I may be at present as we cope with some health issues , I can't let today pass by without not...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

David Clohessy of SNAP Speaking Outside Southern Baptist Convention, Birmingham, Alabama, June 2019: How to Effect Real Change with Churches and Abuse

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I'd like to share with readers a presentation that David Clohessy of Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) made in Jun...
Friday, June 19, 2020

PRRI's Robert P. Jones in Juneteenth Interview: Trump Presidency a "Moment of Reckoning for White Christians"

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8 in 10 white evangelicals, 6 in 10 white Catholics & Mormons, 50%+ of all US white Christians, set this nightmare into motion, claim...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

"As the Nation Grapples with Demographic Changes and the Legacy of Racism, Christianity's Role as a Cornerstone of White Supremacy Has Been Largely Overlooked"

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Germany confronted its racist legacy. Britain and the US must do the same | Susan Neiman https://t.co/VrmrtGM2x2 We cannot have a just...
Sunday, June 7, 2020

Want to Know Why, Even Now, More Than Half of US White Christians Stand with Trump? See Robert P. Jones on GOP's White Christian Strategy

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1/ THREAD: For the second time this week, Donald Trump used a church as a photo op. This image released this morning shows the President ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

As Churches Re-Open Across US, CDC Issues Report on Arkansas Church in Which a COVID Cluster Spread into Wider Community

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In the current pandemic, churches and church gatherings have proven repeatedly to be a perfect petri dish for spread of coronavirus inf...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Remember the Discussion Here About Dangers of Singing Together in Churches During Pandemic? See the Update Below

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After choir practice in Skagit County, #Washington , 52 members became ill with #COVID19 symptoms. COVID-19 spreads easily between people...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

My Response to "American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel" — Still None, Still Done, as US Christianity Exhibits Total Lack of Imagination in Face of Pandemic

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I did watch " American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel. " It’s an excellent film and great statement, and I highly recomme...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

12,000 US Catholics Sign Petition to Bishops to Permit Public Masses for Easter: "The Reckoning Is Upon Us"

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Kansas Gov Laura Kelly puts in place a stay-at-home order and a ban on large gatherings, like other (sane) governors. Republicans in K...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Cardinal Collins on Agitation of US Right for Congregational Worship During Pandemic: "Shallow" and "Absolutely Irresponsible"

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It’s so strange to hear people lamenting that they are deprived of church now, when many of those same people have been perfectly content ...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

Some Churches Holding Palm Sunday Services in States Across US: Reuters' Documentation, April 5, 2020

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Editorial Board: A response to "We Are An Easter People" While clearly a cri de coeur from those who, like we, desperately mis...

Today's Guardian on Growing Backlash to Appeals to Cease Religious Gatherings, Fueled by Top GOP Leaders

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Since it appears some people just do not intend to get what's going on with some communities of faith — churches, notably — in the ...
Saturday, April 4, 2020

Quote for Day: Right-Wing Evangelical Churches Want to Resist Closing Services — But Risk Killing Off Their Congregations

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David Neiwert, " Evangelical churches run smack into coronavirus' lethal reality, but some continue to resist " David N...
Friday, April 3, 2020

As Some Officials Exempt Religions Gatherings from Stay-at-Home Directives, Medical and Legal Experts Respond to "Incredibly Bad Idea"

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St. Ambrose of Milan, Cain and Abel , book 1, chapter 1, 3-4, from " Advice on Prayer — Ambrose, " at Crossroads Initiative  ...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

How Some Catholics Are Doing Their Bit to Defy Medical Advice and Government Guidelines and Own the Libs During This Pandemic

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If you want to complain about the no public Masses, new rules you must follow: -Read at least 10 articles on the closures of Churches d...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Again, Belligerent Response of Many "Pro-Life" US Christians to Pandemic Restrictions Illustrates Serious Dangers of "Pro-Life" Christanity to the Rest of Us

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At the risk of sounding like a broken record : these video documents need to be preserved for the record, so that if there is a future b...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

As America Becomes Number 1 in World Coronavirus Infections, the "Beautiful" Idea of Packing Churches for Easter: My Commentary

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8 in 10 white evangelicals, 6 in 10 white Catholics & Mormons, 50%+ of all US white Christians, set this nightmare into motion, claim...