A lot of people make a lot of money in and around football at almost every level. Abolitionists will be branded as killjoys — even treasonous, or heretical, or fiscally irresponsible. The strategy for addressing the carnage of this sport won’t begin at the top. Calling for an NFL or college football program boycott would be foolhardy. Rather, the squeeze needs to start at the lower end.
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Why the religious left is a political failure
What flies under the moniker of the religious left lacks the political coherence and viability of the religious right.
Nine faith-based activists face federal charges after leaving water for migrants in Arizona desert
A faith-based humanitarian group that provides aid and shelter to undocumented migrants on the southwestern border fears it has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration advocates.
Evangelicals: The single most important change for #MeToo
How do the petition’s signers propose to actually address the systemic injustices of sexual abuse cover-ups within evangelicalism itself? How would they go about creating “protected spaces” in evangelical churches for those who have been abused by evangelical pastors? And how exactly do they expect to fix the “systems, structures, and practices” of evangelicalism that have enabled abusive clergy?
To know Donald Trump’s faith is to understand his politics
Trump has a faith. And if you want to know how the next few years of his presidency will pan out, understanding Trump’s religion is an important key.
Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence
A major influence on King’s thought was the African-American minister, theologian and mystic Howard Thurman.
Exploring faith in the midst of a Rumspringa is … interesting
One thing I could count on in my inherited Baptist tradition was at least a solid grasp on what we’re all taking incorrectly about when it comes to God, communion, tithing, singing, sitting, standing, and arguing with one another about the budget. Frankly, there’s a certain level of comfort that comes from knowing where all the bodies are buried in your faith tradition. It gives you this sense of freedom to know what to ignore, what to be anxious about, what to challenge, and what to revere as sacrosanct.
On college campuses, some evangelicals find room to reflect
Founded to serve students spiritually and intellectually, the centers attest to an evangelical willingness to take on science and the liberal arts.