The Piety That Lies Between: A Progressive Christian Perspective

"The children of God should not have any other country here below but the universe itself, with the totality of all the reasoning creatures it ever has contained, contains, or ever will contain. That is the native city to which we owe our love." --Simone Weil

Monday, October 29, 2018

"Do not fight hate with hate": A Reflection on a Saying

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The Don't List: "Do not fight hate with hate." Do not confuse hate with anger, with the indignant cry of the victims or th...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Shoplifting: An Analogy

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I believe we should have laws against petty theft, and I believe we should prosecute those who break these laws.  And I believe sensible ste...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Do Not Return to Silence: A Plea

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It's a lot to ask, I know, but still I beg it: Do not return to silence. Christine Blasey Ford didn't want to go public because sh...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Why We Must Take Christine Blasey Ford's Accusations against Kavanaugh Seriously

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Just as Brett Kavanaugh looked poised to handily secure confirmation of his Supreme Court nomination, the news broke: Sen Dianne Feinstein w...
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Thursday, August 9, 2018

It's Not About "Redistributing Wealth." It's About Correcting Inequities in the System.

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The founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is now worth more than $150 billion . Meanwhile, there are people in America who work two or thre...
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Monday, August 6, 2018

The Pope Condemns the Death Penality--and thereby challenges us anew to rethink out partisan packaging

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A few days ago Pope Francis declared the death penalty "inadmissible," thereby strengthening the Roman Catholic Church's oppos...

A Word of Appreciation for Journalists Today

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I just want to express my appreciation for the devoted journalists and news editors who work hard every day to uncover and report the storie...
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Thursday, July 5, 2018

Anti-White vs Anti-White-Supremacy

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Here's something I find quite interesting. The last blog post I wrote, " White Innocence: A Confession ," was one I worked on ...
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Thursday, May 3, 2018

White Innocence: A Confession

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Here is an unsurprising fact about me: I am imperfect. I won't give you a comprehensive list of my imperfections, but I do want to ta...
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Friday, April 27, 2018

Scriptural Debates and the Work of Love: Giles, Gagnon, and Same-Sex Intimacy

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As I have a tendency to do, I got a bit worked up last night reading an exchange between my Facebook friend, author and former pastor Keith ...
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Eric Reitan
Eric, an award-winning scholar and writer, teaches philosophy at Oklahoma State University. His first book, IS GOD A DELUSION? A REPLY TO RELIGION'S CULTURED DESPISERS, was named one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles of 2009. His other books include GOD'S FINAL VICTORY (co-authored with John Kronen) and THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND THE CHRISTIAN LOVE ETHIC, the science fiction novel, SO EDEN SANK TO GRIEF, and, most recently,TROUBLED PARADISE: LIMITED SALVATION AND THE PROBLEM OF HEAVENLY GRIEF.
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