Sunday, December 31, 2017

Kathryn Brightbill on U.S. White Evangelicalism in Era of Trump: "A Deeply Immoral Enterprise That Must Be Condemned and Resisted at Every Point"

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As people compile lists of events and articles that impressed them in 2017 to share on social media, I happened to notice someone I f...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

My Response to Timothy Keller on Rebranding White U.S. Evangelicalism: Going to Take a Lot More Than Rebranding

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A much-needed gloss on Keller's commentary, in my view: he asks if evangelicalism can survive Donald Trump & Roy Moore? The hi...

At Year's End: Discussion of What to Do About the Now-Toxic Brand of White Evangelicalism in the U.S. — A Project That Should Go Well Beyond Rebranding

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Wow. Some eye-popping details from @JonathanMerritt regarding a study of America’s 100 largest churches: 1. None are LGBTQ-affirming ...
Friday, December 29, 2017

Bishop William G. Curlin: Some Last Words (about Pastoral Image and Pastoral Substance)

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I don't like beating dead horses — and could not bring myself to beat a live one, either. I do think it's important to make one...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

"Bishops Like Curlin and Cardinal Law, What They Have Done Is Criminal": A Church That Wants to Be Pastoral Must Listen to Testimony of Abuse Survivors

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In a 27 April 2002 letter to the Charlotte Observer  entitled "In Eyes of Abuse Victims, Bishop Curlin Is No Hero,"* Neal E...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

What Christmas Means, and Why (White) U.S. Christianity Is in Crisis Now (Hint: It's about Pretend, as Opposed to Real, Pastoral Behavior)

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I took my mom to Christmas mass at @StMonica90403 and got a wonderful surprise. The priest announced all were welcome. Rich, poor, young...

Remembering Bishop William G. Curlin of Charlotte As Eminently Pastoral (There's Still No Room in the Inn for You Queer Catholics) (2)

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On 22 January and 3 February 2003, Cardinal Bernard Law was deposed in Boston by attorneys representing abuse survivors. In that depo...