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Sojourners Magazine: January 2021

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Finding our way in post-Trump America: Reflections on the task before us as the country, and the church, prepare to repair and rebuild.

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Features

Finding Our Way in Post-Trump America

Historians, theologians, artists, and activists reflect on where we go from here.

by
Jacqui Lewis, Margaret Atwood, Paul Ortiz, Leana Wen, Megan Rohrer, Ben Lowe, Wajahat Ali, Jenny Yang, Valarie Kaur, Otis Moss III
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Features

Embracing a Millennia-Old Cosmovision

Indigenous communities honor relationships with all life. Will European descendants learn to do the same?

by
Néstor Medina

How Do We Heal Family Histories Entangled With Colonization?

Christians of European descent must face the hard stories of their past.

by
Elaine Enns

Voices

Voices
Hearts & Minds

The People Have Spoken

How faith communities worked for a safe, free, and fair election.

Jim Wallis
Founder and Ambassador
Voices
From The Editors

From the Editor: January 2021

While we feature perspectives on the presidential election and what’s ahead politically, we also offer reflections on matters not bound by four-year cycles.

by Jim Rice
Voices
Commentary

When a Ceasefire Is Not Enough

A legacy of colonialism is at the crux of the Azerbaijan and Armenia conflict.

by
Stephen Zunes

Will the U.S. Finally Approve the ERA?

God loves and creates us all equally. Equal treatment under the law flows from these truths.

by
Paola Fuentes Gleghorn, Jeff Fuentes Gleghorn

Across the Great Divide

'Loving our enemy' does not mean sacrificing justice.

by
Jim Rice
Voices
Columns

Rest Is Resistance, Too

Sleep deprivation is a racial and social justice issue of white supremacy and capitalism. 

by
Jeania Ree V. Moore

The Rich Shall Destroy the Earth

The rich don't just control the flow of carbon; they control the flow of power.

by
Bill McKibben
Voices
Eyewitness

‘This Is About Our Lives’

For young people, climate change is not an abstraction.

by
Kyle Meyaard-Schaap

Vision

Vision
Culture
Detail from Luciano Garbati’s sculpture called "Medusa With the Head of Perseus." A golden arm and hand of Medusa holds the head of Perseus by his curly hair.

What If Medusa Was Right?

Rereading Greek myths to understand networks of male power.

by
Faith-Marie Zamblé
In a scene from the documentary "Crip Camp," a camp counselor is carrying a man who is Disabled. Both are laughing.

Alone Together: Watching the Films of 2020

We may not be able to go to movie theaters, but films still provide an emotional gathering place.

by
Abby Olcese
The left photo is of Christina Cleveland posing in a green dress with her hands folded. In the right photo, Black civil rights activists are gathered in a bar, a scene from the film 'One Night in Miami.'

New & Noteworthy: Black Madonna, Stonewall, and More

Three culture recommendations from our editors.

by
The Editors
A young Nikky Finney sits at a piano with her father in 1972.

In ‘Love Child's Hotbed,’ We Are the Organic Matter

Poet Nikky Finney seeks the flourishing of Black families in a time of violent decay.

by
Da’Shawn Mosley
Vision
Books
The cover of the book "Brown Church" by Robert Chao Romero has a yellow sun in the center, and illustrated church buildings at the bottom.

Latinx Church History Is Church History

Robert Chao Romero's book offers the gift of seeing scripture and theology through Latinx eyes.

by
Karen González
The cover of the book "2020s Foresight" shows the sky at sunrise and a city beneath it.

How to Thrive in a Decade of Accelerating Change

Tom Sine and Dwight J. Friesen on their new book, 2020s Foresight.

by
Da’Shawn Mosley
The cover of the book "Green Good News" has a depiction of Jesus multiplying loaves and fishes for a crowd.

Liberation Starts at the Table

The Green Good News illuminates joyful responses to ecological breakdown.

by
Avery Davis Lamb
Vision
Poetry

Meacham at St. Paul's Church, Chattanooga

A poem.

by
Kemmer Anderson
Vision
Living The Word

Incarnation Means Solidarity

January Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle B.

by
Isaac S. Villegas
Vision
H'rumphs

Pick Up the Pace, But Not the Trash

From our humor columnist.

by
Ed Spivey Jr.
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