Social Justice

Fashion as a Social Justice Vehicle

Becky Garrison 2-08-2010

Faith Beyond Belief: Dogma Without Deeds is Dead

Cesar Baldelomar 2-05-2010

In a recent interview with Commonweal magazine, renowned Catholic theologian David Tracy argued that theological discourse, with its accompanying jargon and disputes about certain doctrina

Is George W. Bush Pro-Life? Is Any Politician?

John Gehring 2-05-2010

Former President George W. Bush receives a pro-life award this weekend from Legatus, an organization of Catholic business professionals.

Reinvigorating the Discourse on Just War and Pacifism

Logan Isaac 2-02-2010

Before I went to Iraq with my friend and fellow God's Politics contributor Shane Claiborne, I was trying to figure out how to take the lessons I would learn there back home. I felt certain (and now know) that the experience could be a small but powerful step toward improving our understanding of how to prevent any future indiscriminate uses of force similar to the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

'Do What Is Just'

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser 2-01-2010

Today's Jewish social justice movement is renewing its strength with faith and grassroots power.

The State of the Union: Unfinished Business

Jim Wallis 1-28-2010

After one tumultuous year in office, President Barack Obama used his first State of the Union address

Greed is God: Exporting the Values of America's Prosperity Heresy

Sondra Haaga 1-27-2010

America, dominating the global economy, imports more goods than it exports. What is less tangible, but possibly more important, is how America exports its values to a rapidly interconnecting global society.

Nothing But Faith

Bart Campolo 1-18-2010

The jobs that pay my bills -- speaking and managing EAPE -- often carry me far from the jobs that don't: writing and loving my neighbors here in Walnut Hills.

The Author of Time's Report on Race and Megachurches: Interview with David Van Biema

Edward Gilbreath 1-12-2010

Racial reconciliation among evangelicals is one of those slippery topics that come and go based on which national leader is currently jazzed about it.

Time's Report on Race and Megachurches: The Backstory

Edward Gilbreath 1-12-2010

Time magazine's Jan.

Wise Local Living -- Without Leaving

Tracey Bianchi 1-11-2010

Last year I borrowed a copy of Doug Fine's book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812977890?ie=UTF8&tag=sojo_blog-20&lin...

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Book Tour Diary: Riverside Church and Rock and Roll

Jim Wallis 1-08-2010

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Why Poverty Persists in a World of Wealth

Becky Garrison 12-03-2009

The forthcoming documentary The End of Poverty? opens with the question "Why does poverty persist in a world of growing wealth?" Through a seri

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What Do You Get When You Cross Micah 6 with John 3:16?

Charles Gutenson 11-11-2009

Well,

you get progressive evangelicals -- a people who unite those two things too long separated: the invitation to become followers of Jesus and the call to join the struggle for the creation of just societies. What is it that progressive evangelicals do?

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Walking, Chewing Gum, and Confronting Racism and Sexism at the Same Time

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-09-2009

People who do diversity work run the risk of setting impossible goals for themselves: The Beloved Community. The Kingdom of God.

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Audio: For God So Loved the World

Efrem Smith 11-04-2009

In this clip, Pastor Efrem expands on the very familiar verse John 3:16.

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Helping the Church Be the Church

Jim Wallis 11-03-2009

Every day churches across the country respond to the economic crisis by supporting families in need, assisting those in search of a job, and reaching out to people on the back streets of America.

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God Does not Heed my Snotty Opinions About Evangelicals

Nadia Bolz-Weber 10-22-2009

How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God http://www.biblestudytools.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?word=Mark+10%3...

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It's Time for a Justice Revival

Victoria Hicks 10-20-2009

"It's time."

"Dallas needs this."

Those are the two statements Aaron Graham (Sojourners' Justice Revival Coordinator) and I heard over and over again as we visited pastors and other community leaders all over the city, lifting up the vision of a Dallas Justice Revival.

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