By Douglas Mitchell Associate Pastor for “Faith in Action,” Douglas Mitchell conceived the following article as a presentation for a church
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The following is a sermon preached by Rev. Nathan Dell based on the text of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson, Hymn #339 in Glory to God. Two widely known prayers that are often set to music
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America and Its Guns: A Theological Expose by James E. Atwood Purchase from Cascade Books: Wipf & Stock Publishers America leads the industrialized world in gun deaths. Children in the U.S. are 12 times more likely to die from firearms than children in 25 other industrialized nations combined. In
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“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey / Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.” – Oliver Goldsmith, “The Deserted Village” (1770) Tony Judt. Ill Fares the Land. Penguin Books, 2010. Reviewed by John F. Kane (Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, Regis [Jesuit] University, Denver) As
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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 Katherine Chatelaine Many of us are uncomfortable with anger, but seminary student, Katherine Chatelaine, says that anger is necessary for the Christian public life and for faith-based community organizing. God is angry. God was angry in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s orders.
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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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Introduction to the Feb/Mar 2012 Issue of Unbound; A Holistic Church for a Public Square By Patrick David Heery, Managing Editor View and print as PDF About a year ago, then T.V. and radio celebrity, Glenn Beck, told the world that there is no place in Christianity for
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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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