Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Ellen Painter Dollar

Home
Progressive Christian

ethics

Select a Category disability ethics parenthood Uncategorized

Select a Month September 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011

June 2016

June 20, 2016

The Three Worst Stories That “Me Before You” Tells About Disability

Me Before You tells three particularly damaging stories about life with a disability.

May 2016

May 09, 2016

Prince, Chronic Pain, Opioids & Why Dependence is Not a Pathology

On April 21, when my alarm clock radio blasted “Raspberry Beret” at 5:30 a.m., I...

March 2016

March 15, 2016

A Mother’s Call to Care for Other People’s Children

My good friend Sally has been traveling to the West Bank for a dozen years as...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

Redefining “Fruitful”: Is Procreation a Divine Mandate?

I have an article in the latest issue of Sojourners magazine, looking at fresh theology questioning the...

August 2015

August 04, 2015

Our Alleged “Contraceptive Mentality” is a Straw Man That Needs to Die

The way forward on abortion requires seeking common ground with those on a different side...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

It’s Complicated: A Pro-Choice Christian Responds to the Planned Parenthood Scandal

First, a confession: When I saw the first post in my Facebook news feed from...

July 22, 2015

Who Exactly Are “the Least of These”?

Which interpretation of Matthew 25 is more likely to inspire us to love our neighbor,...

July 21, 2015

A Theology of Radical Attachment: Finding God in Clutter & Strawberries, Long Walks & Big Rocks

While our messy attachments to people, places and things sometimes complicate and distract, they also...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

“Why don’t you just adopt?” is the wrong question to ask infertile couples. Here’s why.

Besides making people feel defensive for experiencing the fundamentally human urge to conceive and bear...

April 07, 2015

A Blog Series on Contraception Illustrates What’s Broken in the Blogosphere…and How We Might Begin to Fix It

If we wish to nurture writing that helps us ask and grapple with answers to...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Natural Family Planning Isn’t the Only Ethical Option for Christians: Why I Chose an IUD

As I cradled my third newborn in his first hours of life, I was seized...

March 18, 2015

Why “What Would Jesus Do?” Isn’t Exactly the Right Question

In college, my favorite professor assigned Charles Sheldon's 1896 classic In His Steps when we...

March 16, 2015

Finding Common Ground on Abortion: An Interview with Charles Camosy

Guest post by Karen Swallow Prior Note from EPD: This is the transcript of an...

March 13, 2015

Rethinking Margaret Sanger, Contraception, & How We are All a Moral “Mixed Bag”

A mixed bag. We are all a mixed bag. This is Theology 101, a most...

February 2015

February 09, 2015

Why Even the Smallest Good Work is Worth Doing

Jesus showed us how even small acts of care are multiplied in God's economy, so...

February 06, 2015

Why I Believe Native American Mascots Should Go

My husband and I are fans of Washington, D.C.'s football team, which means we (especially...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

14 Blog Posts from 2014 That You Need to Read

These are the posts written in 2014 for which I had immediate recall because they...

December 29, 2014

On Assisted Suicide and Chronic Pain, Sex and Prayer, DNA and Ice Buckets: Top 10 Posts of 2014

The 10 most-read blog posts of 2014—a list that provides a good snapshot of topics...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

On Three-Parent IVF and the Act of Begetting

Every few months, a story pops up about a new frontier in reproductive medical technologies:...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Shame on You, RNS, for That Brittany Maynard Poll

At first, I thought it was Onion-style satire. I kept seeing a link show up...

October 24, 2014

It’s Still a No Brainer for Christians to Support Gun Law Reform

When it comes to many controversial sociopolitical issues facing Christians (and everyone else) today, I...

October 21, 2014

A Christian Response to Brittany Maynard’s Decision to Die

The face on this week’s People magazine cover is Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old, recently married woman who went...

October 22, 2013

Let the Kids Keep Their *@$%#^ Halloween Candy!

This is an updated version of a piece originally published as an op ed in...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

A Story About the Abundance, and Absence, of Memory and Faith

Walker has written a story about Alzheimer's, yes, and about her mother, and about her....

September 23, 2013

Why I Love Pope Francis’s Radical (Not Really) Take on the Gospel

I am enamored of Pope Francis. Every time he clarifies what he believes about the...

September 20, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] I Wrote a Book. Want One?

I will confess something that will be not at all surprising to most of you,...

September 14, 2013

Does Inciting a “Wave of Fear” Sound Like a Christian Response?

I could cite (and have cited) statistics about why I support common sense gun reforms,...

September 03, 2013

Grappling for a Christian Response to Syria

Oh, but this is an uncomfortable place to be, this place of uncertainty, where we...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Why I’m Celebrating the Royal Birth

Oy. So much cynicism. Ever since Kate Middleton gave birth to the new prince, George...

July 18, 2013

I am Pro-Choice, But Jezebel Does Not Speak for Me

My friend and colleague Amy Julia Becker wrote a lovely post on the Christianity Today women's...