Magazine

Sojourners Magazine: August 2019

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Letters to the American church from Christians around the world.

Features

Dear Sisters and Brothers...

Letters to the American church from Christians around the world.

by

Kuki Rokhum, Ismael Moreno, Boniface Mendes, Brooke Prentis, Brother Emile , Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Agnes Abuom, Frank Chikane

Magazine

Features

The Church of the Astronauts

A congregation in Texas celebrates its connections to space and down-to-earth mission at home.

by

Lawrence Elizabeth Knox

Apocalypse is Not a Dirty Word

Why we need to talk about heaven, hell, and the end of it all.

by

Steven Charleston

Voices

Mobilizing Hope

Freeing the Church from American Nationalism

There is much we can learn from the global church.

Adam Russell Taylor

President

Voices

From The Editors

From the Editor: August 2019

Introducing new voices.

by Jim Rice

Voices

Commentary

Donald Trump is Stripping Americans of Their Citizenship

Denaturalization is the latest strategy among anti-immigrant administrators.

by

Peniel Ibe

Mike Pence is Wrong

Theological disagreement is not religious discrimination.

by

Jack Moline

How Christians in the Koreas Are Building Peace

Discovering a shared empathy for the vulnerable.

by

Chris Rice

Voices

Columns

From Theologies of Tolerance to Active Strategies for Peace

We need interreligious education.

by

Najeeba Syeed

The Modern-Day System of Leasing Immigrants

Moving immigrant exploitation back inside of prisons.

by

Lisa Sharon Harper

Challenging The Social Order at the Vatican

The logic of peace must always replace a logice of violence.

by

Rose Marie Berger

Voices

Eyewitness

Sometimes a Protest Should Make You Cry

As told to Sojourners.

by

Holly-Anna Peterson

Vision

Culture

New & Noteworthy: August 2019

Three August culture recommendations from our editors.

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The Editors

Lost Causes and Slivers of Hope

Reviewing The Saint of Lost Causes, the new Justin Townes Earle album.

by

Danny Duncan Collum

The Peace Poets are Expanding the Circle

The group is creating community across racial, national, and religious borders.

by

Christina Colón

Whiteness Determines Which Artworks Can Be ‘Masterpieces’

We've had enough ‘masters.’

by

Chris Karnadi

Vision

Books

What Are We Fighting For?

A review of The Politics of Peace: A Global Cold War History, by Petra Goedde.

by

James Chappel

The Faith to Change

A review of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, by David Wallace-Wells.

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Beth Norcross

Tough Love and Liberation

A review of Burying White Supremacy: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity, by Miguel A. De La Torre.

by

Stacy Guinto-Salinas

Vision

Poetry

Angels at the Mosque

A poem.

by

Albert Haley

Vision

Living The Word

End of the White Throne

Scripture passages are from the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C

by

Kenyatta R. Gilbert

Vision

H'rumphs

On Fox News, There’s No Global Warming

Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.

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Ed Spivey Jr.