politics

Diana Butler Bass

Three Views of Jeep’s Bruce Springsteen Commercial

from Diana Butler Bass: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/a-better-middle?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy from Jeffrey Salkin: https://religionnews.com/2021/02/09/super-bowl-jeep/ from Amanda Tyler https://religionnews.com/2021/02/11/dear-jeep-christian-nationalism-cannot-unite-us/

Shane Claiborne

A former Confederate state just voted to abolish its death penalty. Here’s why that’s a big deal

by Shane Claiborne https://religionnews.com/2021/02/05/a-former-confederate-state-just-abolished-its-death-penalty-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal/

Robin DiAngelo

These ideologies make it very difficult

We make sense of perceptions and experiences through our particular cultural lens. This lens is neither universal nor objective, and without it, a person could not function in any human…

Susan K. Smith

Breathing Easier but Not Easily

by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2021/02/06/breathing-easier-but-not-easily/

brenda salter mcneil

Offering a larger narrative to which people can connect and rebuild their story

The current sociopolitical climate, where untruths are allowed to go unchecked, unchallenged, and unsubstantiated, creates an environment that not only threatens people’s physical safety but also does violence to their…

Religion News Service

National unity isn’t just possible, it’s worth working for

The question is not really whether we can achieve national unity. It is whether we are willing to do the work. https://religionnews.com/2021/02/02/national-unity-isnt-just-possible-its-worth-working-for/

Religion News Service

What next? Christian leaders offer advice for confronting Christian nationalism

One good first step for Christians is to learn more about Christian nationalism — and why it conflicts with Christianity. https://religionnews.com/2021/01/28/what-next-christian-leaders-offer-advice-for-confronting-christian-nationalism/

Religion News Service

Reconciliation needs truth

by Jim Wallis https://religionnews.com/2021/01/29/reconciliation-needs-truth/

brenda salter mcneil

Lies left unchecked can become dangerous

Living in isolation and insulation allows us to develop these prejudices based on post-truth rhetoric. Author, lecturer, and former educator Nathan Rutstein describes it like this: “Prejudice (is) an emotional…

Religion News Service

I have election protesters and ‘Never Trumpers’ in my pews. How can we move forward together?

from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/01/26/i-have-election-protestors-and-never-trumpers-in-my-pews-how-can-we-move-forward-together/