Public Prophet
For 10 years, William Sloane Coffin comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable from the pulpit at New York City's Riverside Church. Now you can read his weekly exhortations in The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin, from Westminster John Knox Press. Coffin was deeply engaged in the political and social questions of our time; in a sermon on the sin of nuclear weapons, he wrote, "I can hear [Jesus] saying, 'Let the nation without sin among you aim the first missile.'"
Godless Christians
In Lord, Save US from Your Followers: Why is the Gospel of Love Dividing America? director Dan Merchant sets out to uncover why the culture war over religion is so devoid of love and compassion. The pop culture-infused documentary follows Merchant through person-on-the-street interviews and confessional "tents," as well as a Family Feud-style game in which so-called secularists knew far more about Christianity than their Christian opponents. www.lordsaveusthemovie.com.
Living Color
We've long talked about those 2,000 verses in the Bible that address issues of poverty and injustice, and now there's a Bible that literally highlights—in orange—all of them. The Poverty and Justice Bible, from the U.K.-based Bible Society, includes a 30-page insert that explores specific topics with suggestions for further reflection and acction. www.povertyandjusticebible.org.
Christian America?
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