Christians may or may not have initiated the commercialization of Christmas, but we bear a responsibility to help heal its wounds.
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Rachel Anderson
Resident fellow, Center for Public Justice
Rachel Anderson is a resident fellow with the Center for Public Justice and leads the Families Valued initiative as director. Previously, Rachel served as the director of faith affairs at the Center for Responsible Lending, where she worked with faith leaders at the state and federal level to advocate for protections against predatory lending. She was the co-founder of the Boston Faith & Justice Network, which engages Christians in biblical justice through spiritual formation, community organizing and advocacy. Anderson is a graduate of Harvard Law and Divinity schools.
Rachel Anderson: The dangerous nature of usury
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Rachel Anderson
Resident fellow, Center for Public Justice
The power to lend is also the power to abuse. Scripture commands us to be wary.
Rachel Anderson: Consuming our way to compassion
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Rachel Anderson
Resident fellow, Center for Public Justice
As an ad coupling Haiti relief with a credit card application shows, it’s not just our vices that can be manipulated. Our virtues can as well.
Rachel Anderson: Rebuilding a moral economy
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Rachel Anderson
Resident fellow, Center for Public Justice
It would be easy, in our financial climate, to pursue a moral race-to-the-bottom. Rebuilding morality in the financial sector is far more difficult.
Rachel Anderson: Reclaiming Christian wisdom in an economic crisis
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Rachel Anderson
Resident fellow, Center for Public Justice
Some wise leaders saw the financial collapse coming. How can the rest of us draw on that wisdom to promote a surer economic foundation now?
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