by Ryan McAnnally-Linz and Miroslav Volf
May 2014
Several nations have recently banned non-Muslims from using Arabic words, including "Allah" for God. Does it matter?
In This Issue
Several nations have recently banned non-Muslims from using Arabic words, including "Allah" for God. Does it matter?
In the face of ecocide, the choice before us is stark: discipleship or denial.
I got on a bus to help someone else's justice movement—and discovered it was my own.
In a death-denying culture, how do we learn to accompany the dying and the grieving?
Public memorials, both ad hoc and formal, speak to what divides us—and what brings us together.
Columnists
As a Christian, I grieve over the unspeakable violence wrongly done in the name of faith.
These desperately poor children are sacrificed to the sex trade's insatiable hunger.
There are thousands of ways for a church to serve its watershed and all life within it.
bridges
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A growing number of conservative Christians have joined the movement to...
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How an agreement on nuclear weapons can build a bridge to peace.
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This may be a field whose time has come.
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There are thousands of ways for a church to serve its watershed and all...
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The glory of the FAME studio had its roots in the deep shame of rural...
Faith & Politics
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Advice to New Communities
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The growing militarization of Honduran society is fueled by U.S. support.
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Pope Francis wants deputies, not darlings.
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Amid the political bombast, it’s easy to forget why we needed health-care...
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The peacemaking bomber pilot (and son of the evangelical church) offers a...
Faith & Spirituality
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Another test of biblical authority by unscrupulous scientists.
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This may be a field whose time has come.
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In a death-denying culture, how do we learn to accompany the dying and the...
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Several nations have recently banned non-Muslims from using Arabic words,...
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As a Christian, I grieve over the unspeakable violence wrongly done in the...
Economic Justice
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership would grant new powers to multinational...
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I got on a bus to help someone else's justice movement—and discovered it...
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As the country marks Martin Luther King Jr.'s 85th birthday, a veteran...
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These manufactured crises show how much our politics could use a dose of...
Peace & Non-Violence
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Tyrone Parker, the executive director of the Alliance of Concerned Men,...
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Christians have a presumption against war—as well as an obligation to help...
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Early Pentecostal denominations, including the Assemblies of God, opposed...
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Gold and silver mines in Guatemala are wreaking havoc on local communities...
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Does our theology have anything to say to African-American gang girls? It...
Human Rights
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How the U.S. became a torturing nation—and how to make it stop.
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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.
Immigration
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While the battle for immigration reform continues, more than 1,000 people...
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We didn't eat for 22 days, but we did feast.
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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.
Culture
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The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence...
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The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence...
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Pacifists in Chains: The Persecution of Hutterites During the Great War....
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Pacifists in Chains: The Persecution of Hutterites During the Great War....
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Public memorials, both ad hoc and formal, speak to what divides us—and...
Global Issues
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How an agreement on nuclear weapons can build a bridge to peace.
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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...
Diversity
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Counter to the stereotypes, a new study shows that African-American men...
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Just because racism is "tradition" doesn't make it right.
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"Stop and frisk" is unconstitutional race-based harassment—and it must end.
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When racism is tolerated, the reconciling work of Christ on the cross is...
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A pastor's experiment in unmasking white privilege.
Consistent Life Ethic
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A growing number of conservative Christians have joined the movement to...
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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...
Creation Care
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There are thousands of ways for a church to serve its watershed and all...
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It's important for me to think about water as belonging to God.
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We have a responsibility to use the Earth's wealth relationally, not...
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If we seek to follow Jesus in context, nothing is more contextual than a...
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In the face of ecocide, the choice before us is stark: discipleship or...
