Social Justice

Don't Deport My Neighbor!

Maryada Vallet 10-15-2010

Are you feeling dismayed that comprehensive immigration reform will not be a victory this year? I am with you in those feelings of frustration.

Where is God on the Border?

Jessica Lambertson 10-04-2010

There is no doubt in my mind that the border has religion.

Social Justice is Not Totalitarianism

Valerie Elverton Dixon 10-04-2010

Glenn Beck

The Church Must Retain a Prophetic Voice

Julie Clawson 10-01-2010

We have all heard the old saying that Satan's greatest ploy is to get people to stop believing in him.

Beck, Nazis, and Civil Dialogue

Jim Wallis 9-30-2010

Glenn Beck can do better. Fox News can do better. When it comes to upholding truth and having civil dialogues, let's be honest, we all can do better.

We Won't Back Down from Beck

Charles Gutenson 9-29-2010

Ah, the evils of "social justice"!

Another Disaster for Pakistan as More Loans Announced

Will McKitterick 9-14-2010

Pakistan is still in the midst of recovering from a devastating flood -- one of the worst humanitarian disasters in its history -- a

Beck: Calling Obama Racist was 'Stupid,' 'Ignorant'

Jim Rice 9-09-2010

The night before Glenn Beck's rally in Washington last month, Beck visited the studio where host Joe Madison does his XM radio show.

Glenn Beck: Does He Really Matter?

Charles Gutenson 9-08-2010

In the course of our various responses and challenges to Gl

On Glenn Beck and the Restoring Honor Rally (Part II)

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-01-2010

Glenn Beck is wrong on so much: wrong on social justice and liberation theology. His logic is often flawed. He is much too prone to use Nazism as an inappropriate analogy for what happens in contemporary America. He is one of the most divisive voices speaking in the United States today.

Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Social Justice Christian

Jim Wallis 8-26-2010

This coming Saturday, August 28 will mark the 47th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream Speech." Glenn Beck has chosen this d

Finding Faith in the Margins

Becky Garrison 8-24-2010

When I was interviewed in The Austin American Statesman about my book

Balancing Stillness and Action

Melanie Weldon-Soiset 8-16-2010

Like many others who are currently unemployed or partially employed, this seminary graduate finds herself with unexpected time on her hands.

From the Archives: August-September 1974

Richard Mouw 8-01-2010

A Larger Payment

Glenn Beck Co-opting the Steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Ruth Hawley-Lowry 7-27-2010

I am grieved and angry that Glenn Beck is going to be on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28 (the anniversary of the historic civil rights March on Washington on August 28, 1963) -- and

Supporting Churches and Synagogues for Social Justice

Simon Greer 7-27-2010

This spring, we saw an opportunity to join the efforts of Rev.

A Rare Opportunity for Direct Civil Disobedience in Arizona

Will Travers 7-22-2010

Since the recent passage of Arizona Senate Bill 1070, scheduled to go into effect on July 29, those of us working for social justice in the United States have a rare opportunity to register a particularly effective form of protest.

A Sermon on the "Good" Samaritan

Nadia Bolz-Weber 7-20-2010

From what I hear, if you are taking a trip to the Holy Land you can visit the actual road from Jerusalem to modern-day Jericho, and local tour guides are happy, for the right price, to show you the

Changing the Script on Political Theology

Becky Garrison 7-15-2010

When I picked up a copy of Daniel Schultz's book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935439146?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwbeckygarri-20...