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Sojourners Magazine: March 2016

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What does it mean to baptize a daughter into “a communion that in insidious ways is going to teach her that as a girl she matters less?” asks Natalie Wigg-Stevenson in our cover story. And what kind of hope do Jesus' words offer us as we sift through a tradition that is still scarred by patriarchal theology? Read one Christian feminist wrestle with what it means to be both a parent and co-disciple. 

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Baptism

The baptism liturgy struck me as the epitome of patriarchal religion. But Jesus' words gave me hope for a feminist reinterpretation. 
Natalie Wigg-Stevenson
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Feature

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Not a Needy Person Among Them

Members of the early church shared everything they had 'in common.' Is there a lesson in that for us today? 
Reta Halteman Finger
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Ryan Rodrick Beiler

We'll Always Have Paris (But Is That Enough?)

The climate change conference was an important step, but progress will be marked by actions, not words. 
Grace Ji-Sun Kim
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Banking on Freedom

Your retirement plan may be supporting mass incarceration. But socially conscious investors are trying to change that. 
Beatrice M. Spadacini
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The Nakedness of the Open Soul

When Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount, it was a chance to outline a blueprint for living. 
E. Ethelbert Miller
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Commentary

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Guns N' Aussies

How Australians decided that gun ownership should become marginal, not mainstream.
Geoff Broughton
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MegaTrade vs. People Who Make Things

New megaregional trade deals are lighting up the global economy- and justice movements for labor rights are mirroring them. 
Polly Jones
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Saving Seeds, Soil, and Souls

Has the plow destroyed more options for future generations than the sword?
Timothy McMahan King
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Culture Watch

The Christians

Hell and the Modern Pastor

An off-Broadway play- a "kind of sermon"- portrays a crisis of faith. 
Stephanie Sandberg
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Joan Chittister

Leading with Wisdom

Joan Chittister: Her Journey From Certainty to Faith, by Tom Roberts. Orbis 
Rosalie G. Riegle
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Asking for it: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture- and What We Can Do About It

Change or Complicity

Asking for it: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture- and What We Can Do About It, by Kate Harding. Da Capo Press. 
Greg Williams
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Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison

Confronted by the Truth

From Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, copyright 2016 by Shaka Senghor. Published by Covergent Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LCC. 
Shaka Senghor
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Vigilantes for a Lost Cause

We stole the land fair and square.
Danny Duncan Collum
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The Secret Life of Your Clothes

New and Noteworthy

Four March culture recommendations from our editors. 
The Editors
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From The Assassin

Faith From Many Angles

Films from 2015 that illuminate religion and spirituality.
Gareth Higgins
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All That Remains

The Leftovers, created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta. HBO. 
Juliet Vedral
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Nia Zalamea

Short Takes: Nia Zalamea

Five questions for Nia Zalamea
Betsy Shirley
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Departments

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From the Archives: March 1977

The Myth of Progress
Katharine Temple
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Letters

Letters to the Editor from Sojourners Readers
The Editors
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Living the Word: Between a Rock and Arising

Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C
Jason Byassee
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Poetry: Layers

               
Tobin Marsh
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Columns

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The Gift of Small Things

One of the most poignant moments was their tearful goodbye with their evangelical Christian neighbors. 
Eboo Patel
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'Give me a few of your tired, your poor...'

Funny business by Ed Spivey
Ed Spivey Jr.
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How Many Tears?

"Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad."
Jim Wallis
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Afraid and Reaching for a Gun

Fear is a spiritual issue, not a political one. 
Rose Marie Berger
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