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We need an alternative populist vision to defeat the MAGA movement

The moment is ripe for a different kind of popular movement that confronts divisive lies and builds broad coalitions for the common good. https://religionnews.com/2022/08/08/we-need-an-alternative-populist-vision-to-defeat-the-maga-movement/

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There are many areas where I am alarmed

There are many other areas where I am alarmed about the effects of Christianity’s biased and constricted intellectualism, not just on Christians but on everyone. For example, when Christian individuals…

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Progressive National Baptists, AFL-CIO reunite for midterms voter initiative

https://religionnews.com/2022/08/11/progressive-national-baptists-afl-cio-reunite-for-midterms-voter-initiative/

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10 ways to make your worship space less ableist

https://religionnews.com/2022/07/29/10-ways-to-make-your-worship-space-less-ableist/

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How to answer when Christian nationalists embrace the label as a badge of honor

by Blake Chastain https://religionnews.com/2022/08/04/how-to-answer-when-christian-nationalists-embrace-the-label-as-a-badge-of-honor/

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How dare we stay silent in the face of injustice?

In 2016 I was invited to spend time on Robben Island, a small island off the coast near Cape Town that was once used as a political prison by the…

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Over 12,000 Christians condemned Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of Christian Nationalism

https://www.insider.com/12000-christians-condemn-marjorie-taylor-greene-embrace-gop-christian-nationalism-2022-7

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The kids are, clearly, not all right

In a study from the year 2000, psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge performed a meta-analysis of anxiety in schoolchildren and college students in order to track the development of anxiety and…

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What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you

by Melanie A. Howard https://theconversation.com/what-the-bible-actually-says-about-abortion-may-surprise-you-186983

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They say it because it has to be said and because it is true

This pattern of resistance is so clear and even so defeating for Jesus that he makes what sounds like one of his most unkind statements: ”Do not give to dogs…

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Christian Nationalism Everywhere?

by Diana Butler Bass https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/christian-nationalism-everywhere

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Where is your outrage?

Throughout the Trump administration, many people thought that my overt political messaging and call to action were a problem for my witness. I heard that protesting Trump's manifestly racist actions…

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John MacArthur and the dangers of biblical literalism

by Jonathan Merritt https://religionnews.com/2022/07/19/john-macarthur-and-the-dangers-of-biblical-literalism/

Brandan Robertson

Society was set up to give me, as a white man, every opportunity to succeed

The primary reason that I was able to rise above the circumstances of my upbringing is because the society was set up to give me, as a white man, every…

Brian McLaren

Bought by powerful corporate leaders

Most Christians today remain unaware of how Christian leaders since the 1930s have been intentionally co-opted (or, more bluntly, bought) by powerful corporate leaders in America (and elsewhere) to provide…

John Pavlovitz

Courting Fascism: Facing America’s Supreme Coup

by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2022/07/03/courting-fascism-facing-americas-supreme-coup/

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Christian Nationalism Drove These People Out of Their Churches

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7vew9/christian-nationalism-churches

Lisa Sharon Harper

Who benefits from this law?

But the law erected barriers to Fortune and her daughters marrying any man, Black or White. White men who chose to marry any of the Game/Fortune women would be indentured…

Andre Henry

I didn’t want to believe that racism was alive and well in this country

I was once that kid with an odd love of country. I remember lying on my bedroom floor, legs kicking behind me, as I filled white, glossy poster boards with…

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Christian Nationalism is Dangerous to Christians

by Jennifer Butler https://www.redletterchristians.org/christian-nationalism-is-dangerous-to-christians/

Brandan Robertson

A profound metaphor for the process of ego death

As Father Richard Rohr has taught, the first half of life is generally driven by our ego desires - asserting who we believe ourselves to be, competition, and achievement. This…

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