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by William Ayers:
Obama's announcement of 'yes we can' is here discussed in terms of public schools, not as factories, but where each and every student is viewed as a unique individual of infinite value.
7/3/2009
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by Richard Wells:
Planning theorists argue we need to rethink the spatial coordinates of the national economy.
7/3/2009
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by Mark Weisbrot:
The Obama administration’s ambivalence will be noticed in Honduras and can very likely encourage the de facto government there to try and hang on to power.
7/3/2009
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Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno remove their film 'The Yes Men' from Jerusalem Film Festival as a way to observe the Palestinian call for a boycott.
7/3/2009
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by Robert Parham:
An unholy political trinity is the creed of conservative evangelical politicians like Paul Broun of Georgia. This is not Christianity, it's a false religion.
7/2/2009
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More than 600 pastors around the country have launched a radio ad campaign for affordable health care for all families. Presbyterian pastor Joe Harvard records an ad in North Carolina.
7/1/2009
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by Joseph E. Stiglitz:
America's financial markets have failed to do what they should have done, manage risk and allocate capital well. Poor countries are hurting most. It's time for change.
7/1/2009
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by Jurgen Moltmann:
Here Moltmann says that the picture of destructive judgment of heaven and hell is godless and unchristian and fails to witness to the God who is faithful to the creation God has made.
6/30/2009
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by Jurgen Moltmann:
Excerpts from an address by Jurgen Moltmann on his 83rd birthday in June, 2009. This is a statement of Protestant gospel for today, Translated by Marc Batko.
6/30/2009
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by Chris Hedges:
This article is dealing with one of the most significant issues today, how corporations have changed the culture and what to do about it.
6/30/2009
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by Martin Rose:
New interpretations of the traditional stories told by Europe of its own past and its encounters with the Islamic world.
6/26/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
Catholic bishops and other anti-abortion extremists use hostile language creating a public context supportive of violent acts whether they intend such or not.
6/25/2009
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A study by the ELCA defines a problem in that church body. Lay leaders have absorbed non-Lutheran views from the contemporary media.
6/18/2009
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by Chris Hedges:
The most important meeting of the 21st century so far is happening at Yekaterinburg, Russia this week. The dollar is the issue, along with military and economic superiority.
6/17/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
Everybody seems to be saying historic Protestantism is going away. Rather, it faces a new moment of history full of exciting possibility.
6/14/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
Another killing took place during the time a guard was shot at the Holocaust Museum. The media cannot distinquish between true prophets and fakes.
6/13/2009
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The most important fact about the economic system in the last half of the 20th century is vast numbers of women in the workforce.
6/13/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
Why are women who need medically justified abortions forced to go to abortion doctors? The eyes of anti-abortion terrorists are watching.
6/12/2009
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by Jerry L. Van Marter:
Eight heads of faith groups and other religious leaders join for a public witness at the White House to deal with torture.
6/11/2009
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by David Saperstein:
In an interview the head of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism discusses this most recent incident of political violence.
6/11/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
A Lutheran pastor explains the background on Lutheran ethical teachings that may have influenced how Dr. George Tiller understood himself and his vocation as a physician.
6/11/2009
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by Eric Boehlert:
People bear responsibility for how they talk. Bill O'Reilly's relentless attacks on George Tiller helped create the conditions for his murder. Tell Fox News to stop it.
6/10/2009
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Here is a segment of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's last writings in prison before he was hanged by the Nazis. He speaks against moral fanaticism.
6/7/2009
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by Arthur Waskow:
The editor of the Shalom Report honors Dr. George Tiller with this excellent article on Hebrew wisdom and learning from practical experience.
6/6/2009
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by E.J. Dionne Jr.:
The perception informing this article can help pastors properly interpret political consciousness in media today.
6/5/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
Those who hate this 'abortion doctor' are bearing false witness. They lie about what's at stake in abortion. Here are some facts and some truth.
6/3/2009
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by Amy Goodman:
Law enforcement officials apparently didn't take anti-abortion terrorists seriously, leading to the death of George Tiller.
6/3/2009
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A health care worker discusses abortion after 24 weeks, the kind performed by Dr. George Tiller.
6/2/2009
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by Frank Schaeffer:
The son of an evangelical pro-life leader, Francis Schaeffer, apologizes for his role in creating a culture of hate and hostility.
6/2/2009
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by Frances Kissling:
A past president of Catholics for Free Choice writes about the work of a doctor killed in Kansas.
6/1/2009
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by Gordon Marino:
A biography of Soren Kierkegaard and a reprint of his work are here reviewed placing Kierkegaard in relation to philosophers writing today.
5/31/2009
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by John L Allen Jr.:
Some call Miguel Diaz a 'Cuban liberation theologian'. This article discusses meanings of his appointment by Obama.
5/29/2009
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by Michael Paulson:
Catholics make up 23 percent of the population, but will have 67 percent of the seats on the Supreme Court. What kind of Catholic will Sonia Sotomayor be?
5/27/2009
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by Sam Pizzigati:
A book by Benjamin Page and Lawrence Jacobs suggests Americans are ready for Class Warfare after all.
5/25/2009
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by Norman Solomon:
Another president is preaching one thing and doing another. There is a terrible logic about dependence on military solutions for political problems, as learned in Vietnam.
5/21/2009
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by John Kay:
The financial media is beginning to see that it is oligarchs and financiers, fixers and traders, who are the real cause of the current economic suffering of millions.
5/20/2009
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by Nathan Schneider:
Difficult as it is to believe, George Bush was sent bible passages to encourage him in waging the illegal war in Iraq.
5/20/2009
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This is a transcript of the controversial speech of President Obama at Notre Dame where he recalls Father Ted Hesburgh and Cardinal Bernardin.
5/19/2009
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by Gene TeSelle:
Presbyterians and others have been working to update a significant statement of Protestants concerning economic justice.
5/8/2009
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by Julian Gotobed:
There is no more important figure in the history of public theology than Rauschenbusch. Here is a full introduction to his work.
5/8/2009
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by Pen Itent:
A teacher in a private school of the religious right shows how Pentecostal pastors are betraying their members.
5/7/2009
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In 1918 Harry Ward gave a talk which continues to have relevance today in relation to both international peace and economic justice.
5/6/2009
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by Chris Hedges:
Brand Obama will not prosecute the Bush administration for war crimes. It effectively masks the wanton internal destruction and theft being carried out by our corporate state.
5/6/2009
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by Henry G. Brinton:
The Protestant Reformer, born 500 years ago, could teach us a thing or two about fiscal idolatry, diplomacy and democracy. But would we listen?
5/5/2009
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by Andrew J. Bacevich:
The United States has its share of sins to confess as a nation, about Cuba, The Bomb and Cold War, Iran and Afghanistan.
4/28/2009
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by Nancy MacLean:
Might the nation’s churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples again have a role in rescuing a wayward economy? About Francis Perkins, Hilda Solis, and Kim Bono.
4/28/2009
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by Mark Jensen:
Some folks still show up to hear something about Niebuhr, the best known public theologian of the 20th century and one who has been called 'Obama's theologian'.
4/24/2009
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by Donald W. Dayton:
A book on fundamentalism by James Barr is reviewed with a focus on the false doctrine of biblical inerrancy and its difference from evangelicalism.
4/23/2009
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by Donald W. Dayton:
The preferential option for the poor is discussed here in reference to John Wesley and the holiness movement which emerged from Methodism.
4/23/2009
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by Frederick Herzog:
A review of a book by Richard Shaull on the relation of the Reformation and Liberation Theology.
4/23/2009
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by Cheryl Peterson:
A review of a book by Deanna A. Thompson who joins a growing list of Protestant feminist theologians examining 16th century reformers.
4/22/2009
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by Mark Engler:
Neoconservatives wanted this country to follow the British in a quest for world domination. Recent events open the way for a more hopeful future.
4/20/2009
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by Johann Hari:
Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state an uglier story is emerging.
4/16/2009
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by Peter Laarman:
We should not confuse big-time criminality with small-time folly. This moral obfuscation allows the far greater misfeasance of corporate creditors to get airbrushed out of the picture.
4/10/2009
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by Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou:
Debates over a 'religious center' actually fail to represent the truth of how religious leaders have changed history.
4/8/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
A justice ministry for responsible development in Tacoma, Washington, is discussed with a focus on immigant workers at a Point Ruston luxury development.
4/2/2009
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Samuel Kobia sends a letter to Gordon Brown about the G20 meeting and proposes increased role for the United Nations.
4/2/2009
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by Chris Hedges:
Facing the truth of how much economic institutions dominate society makes it possible to imagine how it should be different.
3/29/2009
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by Matt Taibbi:
The global economic crisis isn't about money - it's about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution.
3/22/2009
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by Michael Weinstein:
A postmodern critique of a significant book on political philosophy.
3/19/2009
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An apocalyptic scientific scenario is presented by the chief science advisor in Britain, John Beddington.
3/19/2009
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by James K. Galbraith:
This is an indepth analysis of Obama's economic policy advisors and why a very bold approach like the New Deal is now necessary for people to have jobs and the elderly to have income.
3/19/2009
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Access to water should be a human right says the Ecumenical Water Network of the World Council of Churches. Local congregations can be involved.
3/19/2009
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by Joshua Cohen:
This is an extremely interesting essay about one the foremost political philosophers of our times. Thomas Nagel is the second author of this.
3/19/2009
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by Mark Engler:
A portion of Mark Engler's book is presented here on new ways to organize the global economy including ideas from the World Social Forum.
3/18/2009
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by John McKeever:
From Dublin, Ireland, McKeever speaks of theology for the growing numbers of people at the edges of society, in the informal sector of surplus populations, at the doorsteps of the church.
3/15/2009
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by Eyal Press:
The ACLU and lots of others who depend on contributions are finding their givers no longer are able to give.
3/14/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
Basic categories for ethical reflection are presented in a simple concept scheme which can be useful for thinking about any moral issue in personal or social-political-economic life.
3/11/2009
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NCC General Secretary Kinnamon calls on Obama, Napolitano to signal a new day in immigrations policy after a raid in Washington State.
3/11/2009
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A Lutheran laments his church's inability to stand up for the homeless, quoting John Steinbruck of Luther Place in Washington D.C. and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
3/11/2009
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Come to Washington D.C. to learn and organize and visit members of congress. Includes list of sponsors.
3/10/2009
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The local food movement may provide opportunities for ministry in many local neighborhoods.
3/10/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
The three gods of Republican politics are failing them; the grief will be extensive; here is some pastoral counseling.
3/10/2009
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Northern New England becomes least religious area according to a new report, the American Religious Identification Survey. The 'Nones' grow in every state. Only 76% of Americans now 'Christian'.
3/9/2009
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by Craig Calhoun:
A secular society has a stake in listening to religious voices. This author discusses what Habermas has been saying about religion and politics.
3/8/2009
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by Fred Dallmayr:
Early Frankfurt School members showed much interest in the liberating potential of religion. Habermas has done less so says this author.
3/8/2009
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by Ed Knudson:
The bible contains many communities of interpretation, not one view of God or ethics. This presents the possibility of a new Protestant Public Theology manifested by pastors in local congregations.
3/7/2009
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