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Sojourners Magazine: September/October 2024

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Loving God and neighbor in polarizing times.

Features

The illustration shows the U.S. capitol building with a cross on the top

Scholars, pastors, and activists on hopeful action to undo this heretical belief system.

by
William J. Barber II, Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, James Spencer, Amar D. Peterman, Matthew Hildreth, Diana Oestreich, Carlos A. Rodríguez, Lisa Jacob
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Features
The illustration is a bunch of hands reaching towards something in the middle, with flames surrounding them, and lines criss-crossing the image, to give it a fractured look

Recovering Christian political imagination through a closer look at Pentecost.

by
Soong-Chan Rah
The image is a collage of a red, white, blue, gray and white scraps of paper depicting Latino Americans, churches, and American symbols.

Is “miraculous meritocracy” driving some believers towards a gospel of entitlement? 

by
Tony Tian-Ren Lin

Voices

Voices
Mobilizing Hope
Voices
From The Editors
The image is an illustration of a man with a shirt made up of a scene with a Bible and two people walking, and there is an American flag, and lots of colors in the background.

How can we address Christian nationalism?

by The Editors
Voices
Commentary
The illustration is of a group of people dancing around a campfire.

God is waiting for us to experience the presence of the Spirit through the work of community organizing.

by
Dwayne David Paul
The image shows a white church with a steeple over a sunset and there is an American flag waving.

You don’t have to hide your faith to uphold the rights and faith of others.

by
Amanda Tyler
Voices
Columns
The image shows an older Black man wearing a knitted rainbow scarf and holding up a fist in front of a colorful pride flag.

The testimony of Friedel Dausab, a born-again Christian whose work culminated in Namibia’s legal decision to decriminalize gay sex.

by
Rose Marie Berger
The illustration shows six people, each housed in a box, reaching out of their box to put their hands together.

When a community is uninformed, it’s easy for local officials to abuse their power.

by
Liuan Huska
Voices
Eyewitness
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Being part of the process of human growth is better than anything.

by
Billy White

Vision

Vision
Culture
the image is the cover of a podcast called Me and My Muslim friends, which is a white and has all the phases of the moon in a row

Three culture recommendations from our editors.

by
The Editors
The image shows a large colorful hill with a cross on top that has a heart and says "God is Love"

Salvation Mountain, flanked by military might and environmental destruction, colorfully declares the good news. 

by
Cassidy Klein
The image shows two teenagers bathed in pink/purple light staring at something behind the camera.

The film depicts an atmosphere birthed from the experience of trans people but is one that anyone who has ever felt discarded will recognize.

by
Curtis Yee
Vision
Books
The image is a collage with an American flag in the background and an image of a young Black boy and a illustration of Little Black Sambo, a racist depiction of a Black boy

Without public memory to anchor and unite us, nostalgia and racism distort our storytelling and education.

by
Sarah James
The image shows the book "This Sweet Earth" which has flowers and a silhouette of a girl on the cover.

In This Sweet Earth, Lydia Wylie-Kellermann explores raising children honestly and joyfully in a world on the brink of despair.

by
Kaeley McEvoy
The image shows the cover of the film "Teilhard Visonary Scientist" and has a picture of an older white priest and the solar system

A new PBS documentary details how Jesuit paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin suffered for his love of the church and the world.

by
Jim McDermott
Vision
Poetry

A poem. 

by
Yahia Lababidi
Vision
Living The Word

September reflections from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B).

by
Raj Nadella

October reflections from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B).

by
Raj Nadella
Vision
H'rumphs

This is not a horror movie. This is a CSA subscription.

by
Beth Cooper-Chrismon