Culture & Politics
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Terry LeBlanc: A seminary teaches how to be authentically Indigenous and Christian
A North American Indigenous learning community focuses on Indigenous-led theological education.
Laura Ullrich and David Brown: Why pastors should understand economics
Economists live in a world of scarcity. Christians believe in God’s abundance. In this conversation, an economist and a pastor talk about the ways in which that tension plays out in ministry and life.
The shadows and fears cast by US immigration policy
We should recognize the dignity of those in the informal economy and encourage legitimate paths for their financial stability and self-determination, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Maria Teresa Gastón
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Maria Teresa Gastón
Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Gail Song Bantum and Brian Bantum: Marriage is an opportunity to celebrate difference
In their new book, Gail Song Bantum and Brian Bantum describe working through race and gender in their own marriage.
Channeling shock, rage and disbelief post-Roe
Faith leaders and religious communities must speak up for reproductive justice. Movements like SACReD can help show how, writes a founding board member and college professor.
Link to author Rebecca Todd Peters
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Rebecca Todd Peters
Professor and program director, Elon University
Changing the abortion conversation from justification to justice
Framing abortion as an abstract thought exercise distracts from the real issues raised by an unplanned or problem pregnancy, writes a university professor.
Link to author Rebecca Todd Peters
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Rebecca Todd Peters
Professor and program director, Elon University
Juneteenth is both a cause for celebration and a call to action
The history of racial violence in this country runs deep. Juneteenth calls us to remember and repair the damage.
Link to author Michael W. Waters
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Michael W. Waters
Lead pastor of Abundant Life AME Church
Breaking free of the 'company gospel'
West Virginia’s identity is inextricably linked to coal. But some congregations in the state are transforming that connection by caring for creation.
Link to author Zack Harold
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Zack Harold
Journalist
Abortion access, free will and bodily integrity
In light of an expected Supreme Court ruling, churches and faith leaders interested in supporting reproductive justice need to understand the history of abortion access in the U.S., writes a university professor.
Link to author Rebecca Todd Peters
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Rebecca Todd Peters
Professor and program director, Elon University
Reading together is radical
Book groups can be a liberative reaffirmation of culture and community for Black churches, a pastor writes.
Link to author Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes
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Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes
Founding co-lead pastor, The Double Love Experience Church
