The Common Good

Faith and Politics

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by Patrick O'Neill | April 2013
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'We Dare Not Postpone Action'
by Christian Churches Together | April 2013
Church leaders respond, 50 years later, to King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." +Read More

To Redeem the Soul of America
by Vincent G. Harding | April 2013
King's "living letter" from Birmingham jail still speaks to us all. +Read More

A Gospel for the Common Good
by Jim Wallis | April 2013
Christianity is a call to a relationship that changes all our other relationships. +Read More

The Inaugural Prayer We Didn't Hear
by Eboo Patel, Claire Albert | April 2013
An inaugural prayer should connect the particularities of one's own faith tradition with the pluralism of the nation. +Read More

The Economics of Abundance
by Vincent Miller | April 2013
Austerity budgets in hard economic times are bad economics - and questionable theology. +Read More

Calling of the Shepherd
by Marie Dennis | April 2013
A prayer for the new pope to fulfill, in fresh ways, the promise of Vatican II. +Read More

What Does It Mean to Be on God's Side?
by Jim Wallis | April 2013
The need for the common good has never seemed so timely. +Read More

Stop Low-Priority Deportations
by Elaina Ramsey | March 2013
The Obama administration is not living up to its promises. Sign a petition to put an end to low-priority deportations. +Read More

To Comfort the Afflicted
by Reta Halteman Finger | March 2013
If we read 1 Peter's message to immigrants, exiles, and foreigners only as a metaphor, we risk missing the point. +Read More
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