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TheReligiousLeft.org: Our Saturday Moment

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Saturday, March 30, 2013. Originally posted on Holy Saturday, 2012. A few years ago, I was privileged to join several of my colleagues from the Harvard Divinity School on a human rights fact-finding trip to Honduras. The country had been shaken some six months before by a coup d'état, and the situation, for many, remained desperate. But despite the black despair with which one might expect to meet such conditions, hope - hope for a better world, hope for true peace, hope for justice - remained. But in th...

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TheReligiousLeft.org: Tibet on Fire

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Over 107 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since February 2009 to protest Chinese rule. Thousands more have demonstrated in the streets. Thousands have been arrested, detained, and disappeared. And it all has a long and complex backstory: land grabs, forced resettlement, language restrictions, religious repression, and more. Here’s some of the information we’ve collected together, which we’re constantly updating:. Here are some examples of what we’d like to do:. Mapping the Pro...

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TheReligiousLeft.org: Prophetic Encounters: An Interview with Dan McKanan

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Prophetic Encounters: An Interview with Dan McKanan. So you can imagine how excited we were when we got wind of a recent book chronicling the very legacy which we here at the site claim for ourselves. In Prophetic Encounters: Religion and the American Radical Tradition. In Prophetic Encounters,. I sat down recently with Professor McKanan, and we explored some of the themes featured in Prophetic Encounters. It sparked a lot of interest, and arguably to a certain extent it spark...

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TheReligiousLeft.org: If I Were an Atheist I Wouldn’t Trust the Religious Either

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Thursday, July 28, 2011. If I Were an Atheist I Wouldn’t Trust the Religious Either. Posted by Tikkun Daily. On @ 11:00 am. Article printed from speakeasy: http:/ blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy. URL to article: http:/ blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/07/26/if-i-were-an-atheist-i-wouldnt-trust-the-religious-either/. Crossposted from Tikkun Daily. At best, progressive religious organizations may include articles from authors that are atheist, advance viewpoints that are humanistic or attempt to engage athei...

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TheReligiousLeft.org: Language of the Left: Liberal, Progressive, and Radical

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Monday, March 11, 2013. Language of the Left: Liberal, Progressive, and Radical. Since TRL.org got off the ground about two years ago, we've had a number of questions about our decision to use the term 'progressive' as a descriptor for most of the site's political and religious leanings. Perhaps one of the foremost authorities on the Religious Left. In the United States,. Does not necessarily preclude broader institutional commitments (such as to participatory democracy as a whole). In this sense, both a...

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TheReligiousLeft.org: December 2012

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Thursday, December 20, 2012. Churches Under Fire for Using Gun Classes as Outreach. Originally posted 12/19/12 at. Pryor Creek, Okla., is gun country. Located midway between Tulsa and Siloam Springs, Ark., the town of approximately 8,500 sits in the heart of Oklahoma’s greenbelt. Hunting and fishing are simply part of everyday life in Pryor, as it is known to locals. 8220;We follow the 1833 Baptist Confession,” Melton said. “We are an historically evangelical church.”. 8220;The disciples carried weapons,...

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TheReligiousLeft.org: Embarking on a New Journey of Consciousness

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Thursday, January 17, 2013. Embarking on a New Journey of Consciousness. As the year 2012 concluded, much noise and media attention was paid to a curiosity found within the Mayan calendar. Although such a response may have seemed rational, something else must be taken into consideration. Although they have not been eradicated by any means, racial disparities that once divided societies are gradually crumbling in the face of a heightened sense of exposure and empirical awareness. A final heartening observ...

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TheReligiousLeft.org: What is Reproductive Justice?

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Friday, March 1, 2013. What is Reproductive Justice? By Rev. Darcy Baxter. Originally posted 2/15/13 at. And in the Spring 2013 issue of. 8220;I know this is going to sound crazy,” I said into the phone. “But it’s the only thing I can think of right now. There is a Unitarian Universalist church 100 miles from you. Give them a call.”. Things were looking pretty bad for Melissa. And in that moment of desperation, a moment all too common among my hotline experiences, I told Melissa to go to church. Every co...

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TheReligiousLeft.org: Submissions

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