Thursday, November 30, 2017

Roy Moore's Attack on LGBT People at Baptist Church Yesterday: "They Are the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender" Folks Spearheading Resistance to Him — The Narrative Line We Must Not Miss

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There is a narrative line in these disparate textual pieces. A narrative line emerges when you put them together, and it's a narr...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

"White Voters Backed a Candidate Who Assured Them That They Will Never Have to Share This Country with People of Color as Equals": White Jesus, White Bible, White U.S. Christians & Trump Presidency

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A week ago (plus a day), I shared with yo u an excerpt from Adam Serwer's outstanding recent essay in The Atlatic  entitled "...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

"It Is THEOLOGY That Makes the Church an Unsafe Place for Survivors & a Haven for Abusers": #ChurchToo Discusses Theological Underpinnings of Churches' Defense of Sexual Predators

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To all of you who are wanting us to only call out the individuals who directly abuse people, and ignore the whole theology and culture tha...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Adam Hochschild: "Klan of the 1920s Strongly Echoes the World of Donald Trump," "Heavily Supported by Evangelicals"

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Adam Hochschild in the current issue of New York Review of Books : 
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

"In Reality, a Gospel without Justice Is No Gospel at All": Implications for the Catholic Church and LGBT People, and for Catholic "Bridge-Builders"

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I wish I had realized sooner how some American Christians make social justice into a boogeyman by constantly saying that such concerns ...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Miguel de la Torre on How Christianity Has Died in the Hands of (White U.S.) Evangelicals, and a Bunch of Other Good Commentary

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From ordained Baptist minister Miguel de la Torre , who was raised both Roman Catholic and Southern Baptist , and who teaches social et...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Boston Declaration: A Prophetic Appeal to Christians of the United States

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As followers of Jesus, the Jewish prophet for justice whose life reminds us to, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Mark 12:31) ...