What does justice look like 151 years after the Indian Island Massacre? November 17, 2011 by Austin Leininger PDF Version (Optimal
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Depending on whom you ask, The Lorax, a March 2012 film adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book, is either a fun movie about caring for the earth or blatant liberal propaganda. More likely, it is a lesson in irony: an
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March 5-10 By Noelle Damico, Presbyterian Hunger Program, partnering with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers “Is this not the fast that I choose? To loose the bonds of injustice…” cries God through the prophet Isaiah! The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has announced that on Monday, March 5th, fifty farmworkers
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It is time for the U.S. to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child Urge President Obama to send the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to the United States Senate for ratification. The CRC sets the standard for children’s welfare around the world. The United States
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Acting Responsibly in a Global Society Faithful Citizen is an Internet-based small group study which explores two poles of current life—individualism and the common good—and how to respond faithfully to the interlocking global challenges of economics, ecology, security, and health. Faithful Citizen is a project of the Center for the
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Feb/Mar 2012 Issue Table of Contents Examining why and how the Christian church should engage the world and its political arena Introduction to the Issue “Introducing: Jesus Returns to Washington,” Patrick David Heery Quick Takes Rapid Interviews “Why I Am Still a Christian,” Gary Dorrien “The Spirituality of the
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In dialogue with Rev. Dr. Njoya, Unbound has transcribed, edited, and restructured selections from his book, The Divine Tag on Democracy (Yaounde, Cameroon: Editions CLE, 2003), offering a compelling new witness to the church in the public square of Kenya. We begin with a few contextual remarks. View and
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By Emily Morgan In the following article, Emily Morgan, a young seminary student, reflects on the true spirituality of the church and how, when distorted, the rhetoric of the church’s spirituality can be co-opted to prevent intervention in the world and to preserve status quo power. I was
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The Second Stage of Church By Eleanor Reed Held In this article, Eleanor Reed Held takes a look at the different ways Christians practice church, arguing that practice must extend beyond Sunday morning and pietism, reaching into public life, or what she calls the “second stage.” When we talk
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By Roger Scott Powers In the following article, pastor Roger Scott Powers says faith and politics do go together. This article appeared originally in the Presbytery of Baltimore’s newsletter, “Discipleship.” Sometimes you hear people say that faith and politics don’t mix. But that notion is antithetical to the
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An introduction to the indigenous land rights articles November 29, 2011 by Carol Robb, Professor of Christian Social Ethics at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union The assignment in a current doctoral seminar in distributive justice: Write an article to a general audience about a particular
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