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Where is the Prince of Peace?

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Peace Discernment After Newtown By Chris Iosso   If young men are princes, then few seem to have the Prince of Peace as their model. Every now and then one of these young men commits actual murder, as has just happened in a Newtown, CT, elementary school. Violence, which is

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Boycott the Gaza Invasion this Thanksgiving

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How not to shop while they drop—bombs By Chris Iosso, General Editor of Unbound   The grim truth about Israel’s current bombing of Gaza is that the U.S. government will do very little to limit the one-sided collective punishment or correct the claims that this pre-election military campaign by the

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Sandy Voted

11 mins read

General Editor Chris Iosso prepares the way for Unbound’s upcoming environmental journal issue in this editorial, which argues that Hurricane Sandy “voted” in the 2012 election by dramatically redirecting our fears away from largely non-existent military enemies and toward a non-human threat that requires vision and cooperation: climate change. Citing

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Sins Against Democracy

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A Special Fall Series for the November 2012 Election Introduction to the Series “Seven Sins Against Democracy—And What’s Faith Got To Do With It” by Rev. Chris Iosso, General Editor of Unbound Naming the Sins “Wrecking the Common Good: Campaign Finance Reform and Biblical Faith” by Rev. Timothy F. Simpson,

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Wrecking the Common Good

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Campaign Finance Reform and Biblical Faith What are the critical threats to the ethical and effective functioning of democracy? In response to that question, the Rev. Dr. Chris Iosso wrote “Seven Sins Against Democracy: And What’s Faith Got To Do With It” and then invited knowledgeable respondents to join the

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Caution and Commitment

13 mins read

The Why and Will We Questions First By Chris Iosso, Unbound General Editor   View and Print as PDF.   Who cares about the General Assembly and who cares about the denomination as an institution? Those questions are posed, often by those dissatisfied with the outcomes of particular votes, against

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