July 2009

All in "The Family" (an interview with Jeff Sharlet)

by Becky Garrison 26 July 2009

Editor’s Note: A shortened version of this interview was posted at the God’s Politics blog on the afternoon of 7/24/09 but it was removed by the afternoon of 7/25/09. Regular readers at Jesus Manifesto can probably guess why it was pulled. Next, it was published in its entirety at Street Prophets. It is cross posted [...]

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William Cavanaugh, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove at Ekklesia Project

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 25 July 2009

Our friends at the Ekklesia Project had another excellent gathering in Chicago this year with speakers engaging issues around how the household that is Christ’s Body might faithfully engage economics: What is God’s household management (or home economics) style? How does God care for creation? And how do we who are invited to [...]

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Police Power: President apologizes

by Andy Alexis-Baker 24 July 2009

If anyone has doubted the power of the police in American society, today their power was front and center. President Obama was asked a question about the unjust arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. during a prime-time news conference earlier this week and commented that he thought the police had acted stupidly in arresting a [...]

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Summer Theology ;)

by JoshuaDbauIII 24 July 2009

If we think about the will of God in terms of human action or inaction, we also can better understand the problem of evil in specific and a myriad of other theology.

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Police and Racism

by Andy Alexis-Baker 21 July 2009

The latest high profile case demonstrating institutional racism among police just broke today with the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard Professor of African and African American Research, was arrested by Boston officers. The police received a call that somebody was breaking into a home in an upscale Cambridge, Mass. neighborhood. Since it is [...]

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Less police, less crime (NYC)

by Andy Alexis-Baker 18 July 2009

One of the most commonly held misconceptions about police in this nation is that if there are more police on the streets, there will be less crime. A new report from the New York Times, however, reveals that despite a 16% drop in the number of officers in the past decade, crime has not risen, [...]

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Theology: Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 18 July 2009

John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) has been an influential figure for this site, for the Mennonite/Anabaptist movement and for a much broader theological and ethical debate on war, peace, and the faithfulness of the church during the 20th century. His influence continues with the release of his book

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Resource: Conspire! Magazine

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 14 July 2009

If you haven’t heard about it yet, check out Conspire! Magazine, a new artistic and inspiring publication that seeks “to explore in a collaborative, creative and corporate way some of the unique issues that arise from community life.” The magazine also delves into the struggles and joys facing those trying to live out the radical [...]

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Cheating on the Church

by Bryn Harding 6 July 2009

Recently my wife and I committed to membership at our church, so lately, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what it means to be a part of a church. It seems to me that American Christians’ habit of church shopping is one of the most destructive symptoms of our consumerist society imaginable. [...]

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Independence Day…Sort Of

by JoshuaDbauIII 2 July 2009

whatever the United States military fights for, it certainly isn’t freedom in the truest form of the word.

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