Reflections on Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell’s American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us An Unbound editorial by Chris Iosso View and print as PDF Robert D. Putnam, the Bowling Alone author and social scientist, spoke recently in Louisville, KY, hosted by several churches and a
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By Chris Iosso, an editorial Banner photo by “jonasjonas,” the chess of calculated rhetoric The first thing one encounters in discussing the war drumbeat targeting Iran is the one-sidedness of the debate. Glenn Greenwald of Salon gives a quick summary on this point, and James Wall, former Christian
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Check Out the Moral Arguments, Pro & Con Unbound Action News Should the church continue investing in companies “profiting from non-peaceful activities in Israel-Palestine”? Following Friday, February 17th’s decision by the PC(USA) General Assembly Mission Council to recommend divestment of three companies for their key roles in maintaining the Israeli
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By Christian T. Iosso The Rev. Dr. Chris Iosso remembers justice and ecumenism advocate Eugene Carson Blake, former President of the NCC, General Secretary to the World Council of Churches, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church, co-author of the 1953 “Letter to Presbyterians” denouncing McCarthyism, and a man once
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A response to an impending resignation By Chris Iosso, an editorial, which will appear on Ecclesio.com during the week of January 16th when Unbound will serve as guest director of the site. The National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC for short) announced on November 9 that Michael Kinnamon,
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The following letter comes from the December 2011 Salt & Light e-newsletter of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, speaking to violence in Palestine, the recent Human Rights Day issue of “Unbound,” an upcoming Convocation on Criminal—and Restorative—Justice, the work of ACSWP, and an upcoming course called “Presbyterianism: Principles,
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December 20, 2011, by Chris Iosso, A Christmas Editorial When we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, we should also pray for Bethlehem. Most readers will know that the city is largely surrounded by a high cement wall. Israeli soldiers and surveillance devices control who gets in and out;
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Unbound‘s Managing Editor, Patrick David Heery, was ordained on December 11, 2011, by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to the Ministry of Teaching Elder (formerly, Word & Sacrament). The service took place at the First Presbyterian Church of Athens, Ohio. In May, Patrick was called to serve with the Advisory Committee
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A Reflection on three Stieg Larsson novels in light of the Occupy Wall Street protests November 22, 2011, by Chris Iosso, an editorial The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2006, English 2008), The Girl Who Played With Fire (2006, English 2009), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest (2007, English
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A RESPONSE TO THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT November 1, 2011, by Editor Chris Iosso, who invites Christians into dialogue about the role the church should play in the Occupy Movement. A golden calf—that looks like the Wall Street bull statue—is carried through New York’s Zuccotti Park encampment by a bunch
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