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Sojourners Magazine: June 2010

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Some Christians in the region see such callous disregard by coal companies for human health and safety, as well as a record of ravaging the Appalachian environment, as spiritual and moral issues. In our cover story, Allen Johnson, co-founder of the group Christians for the Mountains, explains why he sees the coal companies as “principalities [that] want to be worshipped and looked up to as saviors,” and tells what the faith-based group is doing out of its love for the land and the people on the long journey toward environmental and economic justice in coal country.

Read an extended interview with Allen Johnson, co-founder of Christians For The Mountains.

Study resources on the intersection of faith and feminism.

Find a list of resources on Christians and the environment.

Listen to an audio reading and interview with poet Richard Schiffman.

Find resources on death and dying from Lisa Sowle Cahill.

Cover Story

Destroying West Virginia, One Mountain At A Time

Christians battle King Coal to save Appalachia.
Onleilove Alston
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An Earth-Honoring Faith

What does it mean that planet Earth is jeopardized by its supposed stewards, who fail even to wince at our species' cumulative threats to life?
Larry Rasmussen
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Feature

The Art of Dying

At the end of life, how can people of faith prepare for a good death?
Lisa Sowle Cahill
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'Now the Work Begins'

Churches in Dallas engage in the hard work of transformation in the wake of last year's Justice Revival.
Catherine Cuellar
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Commentary

Tempest in a Teacup

Will economic conservatives join with social conservatives -- or racist extremists?
David Ostendorf
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Green Surprise

The bounty of a small plot is not so small.
Ivette Perfecto, Catherine Badgley
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Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

D.C. Catholic Charities has taken the cheap -- and uncharitable -- way out.
Bryan Cones
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From the Archives: June-July 1975

Power and Servanthood
Gordon Cosby
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Columns

All Along the Way...

The nice vendor who sells aromatic oils in front of Speedy Liquor on 14th Street got stabbed the other day. Word on the street is he “got sliced with a machete.”
Rose Marie Berger
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Why Character Matters

Virtue is the road map for answering the question, How are we to live?
Cathleen Falsani
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Water, Water, Everywhere

If there is one commodity we should think about collectively, it's water.
Bill McKibben
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This is Frank Luntz. No it's Not.

Frank Luntz sees things differently than the rest of us.
Ed Spivey Jr.
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A Covenant for Civility

We need to behave differently, for the sake of our spiritual integrity and the health of our democracy.
Jim Wallis
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Culture Watch

The End of Empire?

The Future of Faith, by Harvey Cox. HarperOne.
César J. Baldelomar
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New and Noteworthy

The Virtual and the Divine
Julie Polter
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Johnny Cash's Final Songs

The man in black shows us how to die.
Danny Duncan Collum
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Liberating History

Cross-generational blogging about faith and feminism.
Kimberly B. George, Letha Dawson Scanzoni
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'Colorblind' Racism

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander. The New Press.
Liane Rozzell
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Violence Resistance

The multiplex stabbing is the consequence of a dehumanized culture that defaults to sarcasm and nurtures angry condemnation.
Gareth Higgins
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Departments

A Cast of Emancipated Characters

Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C
Walter Brueggemann
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Hit the Praise Button

When Handel’s Messiah was first performed in London in 1743, it is said that King George II leapt to his feet when the “Hallelujah” chorus began.
Rose Marie Berger
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Sin of Pride

In “God’s Two Books” (February 2010), Joel Hunter says: “Remind me again: Why are we afraid of the facts of evolution, instead of drawn to the picture God paints with them?&
Rev. Frank J. Corbishley
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Plan Effective Short-Term Missions

Every summer, with bags packed and immunization shots received, thousands of hopeful short-term “missionaries” from the United Sates venture to distant lands with a vision to change the
Jeannie Choi
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The Cure for Greed

“Time to Move Your Money?” combines a pastoral heart with prophetic passion.
Rev. Bernard Kern
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Why Work-Free Sundays?

In March more than 70 organizations, including churches, labor unions, and civil society groups, met for the first European conference on work-free Sundays.
Rose Marie Berger
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Climate Change Generation?

Younger generations are less concerned and preoccupied by global warming than older generations, according to a new study by American, Yale, and George Mason universities.
Jeannie Choi
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Move Your Money

I very much appreciate Jim Wallis commentary ("Time to Move Your Money?" March 2010).
Ken Sehested
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Keeping a Civil Tongue

A denominationally and politically diverse group of more than 100 U.S.
Rose Marie Berger
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Flimsy Ribbon

Somebody noticed this quaking purplish spray hung incongruous on late-winter's bough, and tied a festive bow of multicolored yarns to cheer the anomalous blossoms,
Richard Schiffman
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Bishops Against Nuke Madness

Just months after a 9,000-pound atomic bomb known as “Fat Man” exploded over Nagasaki, Japan, the city’s current Catholic archbishop was born.
Amy Barger
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Web Extra

Extended Interview with Allen Johnson, co founder of Christians For The Mountains

Onelilove Alston: What is your professional background?
Onleilove Alston
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Resources on Christians and the Environment

Here is a list of resources from Sojourners that will help further develop an understanding of Christian ethics and the environment. Articles:
Jeannie Choi
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Resources on Death and Dying

Articles:
Lisa Sowle Cahill
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Faith and Feminism Resources

These resources on the intersection of faith and feminism were compiled by Kimberly B.
Kimberly B. George, Letha Dawson Scanzoni
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Audio reading and interview with Richard Schiffman

Richard Schiffman is a poet and writer who splits his time between New York City and New Mexico. In the audio below he reads and shares about his poem, Flimsy Ribbon.
Jeannie Choi
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