by Brian Doyle, Joan Chittister, Walter Brueggemann, Cherie Q. Ryans, Shane Claiborne, Richard Rohr, Shelley Douglass, Lisa Sharon Harper, Anne Howard
December 2013
Reflections on stopping gun violence, a year after the massacre in Newtown.
In This Issue
Reflections on stopping gun violence, a year after the massacre in Newtown.
Are churches helping to stop domestic violence—or enabling it?
A pastor's experiment in unmasking white privilege.
In India, a church initiative helps promote sustainability and connect farmers with the dignity of their vocation.
A movement is underway to free people of faith from the yoke of Christmas consumerism.
Bury the Dead: Stories of Death and Dying, Resistance and Discipleship, edited by Laurel Dykstra
Columnists
To feel the pain of the world is to participate in the very heart of God.
The Post's credible voice for corporate centrism is a large part of what Bezos wants for his $250 million.
The people of a land are given spiritual authority and responsibility to steward the land.
This kind of neutrality is like defending the right of poor and rich alike to sleep beneath bridges.
Advent
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Books that can be interesting, grounding, and inspiring companions...
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A movement is underway to free people of faith from the yoke of Christmas...
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Reflections on stopping gun violence, a year after the massacre in Newtown.
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To feel the pain of the world is to participate in the very heart of God.
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May God cause us to cry out to those mountains of injustice, "Oh freedom!"
Faith & Politics
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We've Lost the War on Drugs
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Reflections on stopping gun violence, a year after the massacre in Newtown.
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GOP attempts to circumvent the health-care law range from the inane to...
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How taking it to the streets is changing theological education.
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New data shows that Protestant churches, including evangelicals, are...
Faith & Spirituality
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The people of a land are given spiritual authority and responsibility to...
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A movement is underway to free people of faith from the yoke of Christmas...
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In India, a church initiative helps promote sustainability and connect...
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To feel the pain of the world is to participate in the very heart of God.
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A pastor's journey of trust in the face of doubt.
Economic Justice
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These manufactured crises show how much our politics could use a dose of...
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Corporations are trying to buy up our water supply—and sell it back to us...
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'Not to share one's goods with the poor is to rob them.'
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Dreams of a better life—and political corruption—spark rising protests...
Peace & Non-Violence
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Diplomatic talks with Iran could end the nuclear standoff—and more.
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"The alternative—not having negotiations—is guaranteed to fail."
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Is the NRA preventing the U.S. from regulating the international arms...
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The words of Jesus are either authoritative for us or they are not.
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Witness to the Lord
Human Rights
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A Deadly 'Snowstorm'
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Mandatory minimum sentences are both irrational and unjust.
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Guantanamo reminds us of the fragility of constitutional democracy.
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8 ways to stand against human trafficking.
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"I never imagined humanity could be stripped from a person like that."
Immigration
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Regardless of where we end up on immigration reform, Matthew 22 reminds us...
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As demographics shift and migration brings global Christianity to the...
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Where the U.S. meets Mexico, rhetoric often gets in the way of the facts.
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Farm labor organizer Baldemar Velasquez on making it real in the here and...
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In today's environment, there's little difference between farm labor...
Culture
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Sorry, kids, but Santa has some bad news.
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Books that can be interesting, grounding, and inspiring companions...
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Books that can be interesting, grounding, and inspiring companions...
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Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic. Knopf.
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Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic. Knopf.
Global Issues
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Decades ago, Christians and Muslims mingled at Youth for Christ events in...
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Gaza, a land at once ugly and impoverished—and beautiful and rich.
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We need to hear more about the people committed to peace.
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An interview with Sen. Ehab El Kharrat, a Christian member of Egypt's...
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Arab Christians are vital to a thriving Middle East - and their numbers...
Diversity
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A pastor's experiment in unmasking white privilege.
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How did a skinny, shy, middle-class Indian come to lead one of history's...
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Losing Innocence
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I felt the horror of a kid caught in a grade school coolness competition.
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If Bernice King had been born on time, her daddy's letter might never have...
Consistent Life Ethic
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Jim Balmer is an antiwar activist whose commitment to nonviolence has made...
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Abortion rates have dropped, and many people of faith are very interested...
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Theological considerations should frame the Christian response to capital...
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Creation Care
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This kind of neutrality is like defending the right of poor and rich alike...
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I watched the police toss Steve, age 70, into the crowd behind me.
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One minister's effort to keep the Anacostia River "baptizable."
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You can't hide this kind of debacle forever—people are finding out.
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To confront climate change, we may need to first deal with our grief.
