Privilege

One Nation, Underprivileged: Analyzing the Game Instead of the Players

Neeraj Mehta 9-14-2009

If life were a game, it could be said that we like to analyze the players (the winners and the losers) of the game, rather than the game itself.

40 Days for Health Reform

John Gehring 8-27-2009

If you watch enough cable news you would think the fight over health-care reform has been reduced to protestors screaming about socialism, "death panels," and the evils of government.

Kennedy, Health Care, and Imperfection

Ruth Hawley-Lowry 8-27-2009

The first time I met Sen. Edward Kennedy was in the underbelly of the Capitol on the Capitol Subway.

Remembering Sen. Edward Kennedy

Valerie Elverton Dixon 8-26-2009

I woke up this morning planning an essay for God's Politics about love and fear. It will be another essay in support of health-care reform. This issue has commandeered my pen.

My Experience of U.S. Health Care as a Recent Immigrant (Part I)

Gareth Higgins 8-10-2009

Regular readers will know that in the past year, I embarked on a genuinely life-altering journey. I emigrated to the United States, got married, and now make my home in North Carolina.

Health-Care Reform: Leading with Respect

Melvin Bray 7-28-2009

Americans are dying for want of health care.

Olympic Injustice

Julie Clawson 7-15-2009

I've been following the

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A Martyr in Mauritania: Missionaries, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights

Aaron Taylor 7-13-2009

Mauritania is a land of striking beauty, with sand dunes lined against the sky, Bedouins riding camels in the countryside, and flying beetles that look like they come straight from the abyss of the Apocalypse. Mauritania is also a land of extremes-extreme beauty, extreme hospitality, and lately, extreme religion.

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In Defense of the 'Nice White Lady'

Eugene Cho 7-09-2009

I really hope no one gets offended

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Living Isaiah 61: Justice Work is My Song of Praise to God

Onleilove Alston 7-08-2009

"I do the work of justice not out of a disdain for the privileged but out of a love for Life." - Womanist Theologian Dr. Kelly Douglas Brown

Women Preachers Strengthened by God

Mimi Haddad 6-09-2009

"Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 1:31, NRSV)

Breaking Out of the Socially Contructed Box

Eliacín Rosario-Cruz 5-13-2009

"What do you mean by 'just one'? I'm not choosing just one!" I told my wife on the phone.

Video: Eugene Cho Interviews Jim Wallis

Eugene Cho 5-04-2009

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A Christian Argument for Progressive Taxation

Diana Butler Bass 4-17-2009

Wednesday morning, at 9 a.m. sharp, I took my tax payment to the local post office. When I handed it to the clerk, she said, "I hate tax day." I replied, "Not me.

What Keeps Us From Living MLK's Dream?

Ruth Hawley-Lowry 4-06-2009

Last year Naomi Tutu and I met on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to keep vigil on the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Friends joined us from around the country. We asked the visitors gathered there: "What keeps us from living the Dream?" Most folks spoke of fear. Some spoke of ignorance.