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2014-11-23T15:05:00-05:00

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Believers, Sympathizers, and Skeptics: Why Americans are Conflicted about Climate Change, Environmental Policy, and Science

Last updated on: November 23, 2014 at 3:05 pm By Guest Contributor

Americans rank climate change last on a list of important issues. Only five percent of Americans say climate change is the most important issue facing the U.S. today. The issue of climate change ranks behind the lack of jobs (22%), the increasing gap between rich and poor (18%), health care (17%), the budget deficit (13%), immigration reform (10%), and the rising cost of education (9%). When asked which environmental problem is most important for the current administration to tackle, nearly 3-in-10... Read more

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2014-11-23T14:58:00-05:00

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The Clergy’s Place is With the Protesters in Ferguson

Last updated on: November 23, 2014 at 2:58 pm By Guest Contributor

My Dear Fellow Clergy: It been brought to my attention that some of you are questioning the intentions of the protest movement in Ferguson, Missouri, and of the clergy supporting it. While having one’s intentions questioned is not new, it appears necessary to address these concerns while so much is at stake during these dark days of American democracy. I am a preacher of the gospel of Jesus — a poor dispossessed peasant whose life was cut short by state... Read more

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2014-11-22T16:37:00-05:00

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The Politics of Love

Last updated on: November 22, 2014 at 4:37 pm By Guest Contributor

For a long period in the history of the United States, Christians understood that progressive political action for structural social change was a necessary means toward the end of living out the gospel. They understood that charity would never solve the nation’s social ills. Their religious faith translated into a faith in democracy as the means to establish the kingdom of heaven on earth. Today the Salvation Army is hardly associated with progressive politics. But in the 1890’s, Barrington... Read more

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2014-11-22T07:39:00-05:00

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Is God The Problem With American Politics?

Last updated on: November 22, 2014 at 7:39 am By Guest Contributor

“You’re the anti-Christ, you will be destroyed,” screamed an incensed heckler during a speech by Barack Obama in June this year. It was not the first time Obama had heard this very pointed line, nor was he the first President to hear it. Anti-Obama rallies are often decorated with signs or t-shirts carrying overtly religious messages, whether it’s likening him to the Devil, demanding that Christian prayers be returned to schools or suggesting that America has a divine mission –... Read more

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2014-11-16T19:38:00-05:00

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Black Religion and Vietnam

Last updated on: November 16, 2014 at 7:38 pm By Guest Contributor

On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. preached at Riverside Church in New York City. In his sermon (listen to it here) he publicly broke ranks with the policies of President Lyndon Johnson and the white liberal establishment (which still largely supported the war) as he condemned American involvement in Vietnam. King articulated what increasing numbers of Americans were beginning to feel—that Vietnam, civil rights, and economics were deeply interconnected. Just as the policies of Johnson’s Great Society had begun... Read more

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2014-11-14T17:51:00-05:00

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The Musical Jesus: From James Hal Cone to Jesus Walks

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 5:51 pm By Guest Contributor

James Cone’s work The Spirituals and the Blues is a unique expression of African American political theology. In this text he seeks to examine the unique cultural foundation that has shaped both Spiritual and the genre of Blues as a form of musical expression. For Cone music can represent a cross section between political ideology and theological frameworks. Through this piece it is apparent that the distinctive experiences of African American has radically shape their view of politics and religion... Read more

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2014-11-14T17:40:00-05:00

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‘I’d Rather Go to Hell for Telling the Truth’

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 5:40 pm By Guest Contributor

Rev. Dr. Daniel Meeter asked me to repeat those words as we walked and talked in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Rev. Meeter was my field education supervisor during my final year at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a progressive White pastor of a congregation that is part of the Reformed Church of America. As he encouraged me to repeat those words, I thought, “this man can’t be saved.” As a product of Black churches—formerly a member of the Church of... Read more

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2014-11-14T17:33:00-05:00

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Why the Internet is Slowly Strangling Religion

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 5:33 pm By Guest Contributor

While the burgeoning atheist movement loves throwing conferences and selling books, a huge chunk–possibly most–of its resources go toward the Internet. This isn’t borne out of laziness or a hostility to wearing pants so much as a belief that the Internet is uniquely positioned as the perfect tool for sharing arguments against religion with believers who are experiencing doubts. It’s searchable, it allows back-and-forth debate, and it makes proving your arguments through links much easier. Above all else, it’s private. An online... Read more

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2014-11-13T17:06:00-05:00

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Keeping #Ferguson Alive

Last updated on: November 13, 2014 at 5:06 pm By Guest Contributor

Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, Oscar J. Grant III, James Byrd Jr., Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, Denise McNair: their names represent a legacy of gunned down, beaten, broken, burnt, asphyxiated, castrated, torn apart, and lynched black bodies. The justification for their murders, and the hubris among the perpetrators that their crimes would go unpunished, were intended to show the world the powerlessness of a people. Instead, the callousness of the perpetrators exposed a culture of violence embedded deep... Read more

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2014-11-13T08:15:00-05:00

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Needed: A Progressive Christianity

Last updated on: November 13, 2014 at 8:15 am By Guest Contributor

Election 2014: Something important has just happened. Big money bought an election. Fear prevailed over confidence and loathing over reason. The majority chose not to vote, allowing a passionate minority — older, whiter — to change the balance of power. Attack ads drowned out issues. A broken political system tolerated cheating and bullying. Most worrisome is the absence of the virtues that enable a democracy to function in a challenging world. Civic-mindedness gave way to clever voter-suppression tactics. Freedom of... Read more

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