God's Politics Blog » Violence http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dinesh D’Souza, the New Atheism, and Constantinian Christianity http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/dinesh-d%e2%80%99souza-the-new-atheism-and-constantinian-christianity/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/dinesh-d%e2%80%99souza-the-new-atheism-and-constantinian-christianity/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:02 +0000 Aaron Taylor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13565 Last week at the Innovative Evangelism Conference, I got a chance to hear Dinesh D’Souza speak to a standing room only crowd. Many in the crowd were fellow evangelists, but there were a few seekers and skeptics present as well.
Dinesh D’Souza…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/practicing-jesus-third-way-in-the-public-square/feed/ 25 Uwem Akpan’s Double Calling as Priest and Writer http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/uwem-akpans-double-calling-as-priest-and-writer/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/uwem-akpans-double-calling-as-priest-and-writer/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:21 +0000 Molly Marsh http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13252 akpan_uwem
While we’d love to think we inspired Oprah to choose Uwem Akpan’s Say You’re One of Them as her current book club pick, we are glad his collection of stories is getting lots of new readers. Last year we asked Sojourners contributing…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/uwem-akpans-double-calling-as-priest-and-writer/feed/ 1 For God and Country (in that Order) http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/11/for-god-and-country-in-that-order/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/11/for-god-and-country-in-that-order/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:06 +0000 Logan Laituri http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13316 Nobody today will be able to celebrate our many veterans without the memory of Fort Hood fresh in our collective conscience.  It is a horrible irony that such an inexcusable evil took place so near one of our nation’s most hallowed…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/06/fort-hood-shootings-and-the-prophetic-if/feed/ 34 Billy Graham’s Theological Humility Should Challenge Evangelical Attitudes http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/03/billy-graham-and-theological-humility/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/03/billy-graham-and-theological-humility/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:01 +0000 Aaron Taylor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13031 Every three years, young evangelists from around the world gather in Portland Oregon to attend a conference put on by the Next Generation Alliance, an organization dedicated to mentoring the next generation of global gospel preachers. While I’m looking forward…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/30/gran-torino-revisited/feed/ 9 Why Clint Eastwood Can be Trusted with Mandela (and Why Glenn Beck Can’t be Trusted with MLK) http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/30/why-clint-eastwood-can-be-trusted-with-mandela-and-why-glenn-beck-cant-be-trusted-with-mlk/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/30/why-clint-eastwood-can-be-trusted-with-mandela-and-why-glenn-beck-cant-be-trusted-with-mlk/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:33 +0000 Gareth Higgins http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12957 091030-invictusIt’s that time of year again — you know, when Clint Eastwood releases a trailer for a movie that looks fascinating and completely different from the last thing he did, and your trio of reactions run something like this: 1)…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/30/why-clint-eastwood-can-be-trusted-with-mandela-and-why-glenn-beck-cant-be-trusted-with-mlk/feed/ 26 Video: Jon Stewart Interviews Jewish American and Palestinian Nonviolence Advocates http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/30/video-jewish-american-and-palestinian-nonviolence-advocates-talk-with-jon-stewart/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/30/video-jewish-american-and-palestinian-nonviolence-advocates-talk-with-jon-stewart/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:00:32 +0000 Brian McLaren http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12942 091030-anna-balzer-mustafa-barghouti]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/30/video-jewish-american-and-palestinian-nonviolence-advocates-talk-with-jon-stewart/feed/ 5 Redemptive Poetry on a Night of Violence http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/27/redemptive-poetry-on-a-night-of-violence/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/27/redemptive-poetry-on-a-night-of-violence/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:00:22 +0000 Bart Campolo http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12869 It is Sunday night, and I am suddenly awake at the crack of too-close gunfire. I creep to the window without turning on the light, more curious than afraid until I remember I don’t know if my daughter Miranda and…

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Most…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/27/offensive-play-why-ive-watched-my-last-superbowl/feed/ 40 Confronting Urban Violence with Jesus’ Nonviolence http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/27/confronting-personal-and-systemic-violence-with-jesus-nonviolence/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/27/confronting-personal-and-systemic-violence-with-jesus-nonviolence/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:15:14 +0000 Efrem Smith http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12840 This morning as I was running on the treadmill, I was also watching CNN. A story came on about a shooting in Washington, D.C. The police chief was speaking, with the mayor of D.C looking on. She stated, “people are…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/27/confronting-personal-and-systemic-violence-with-jesus-nonviolence/feed/ 17 We Need an Abrahamic Alliance of the ‘Passionate Best’ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/26/we-need-an-abrahamic-alliance-of-the-passionate-best/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/26/we-need-an-abrahamic-alliance-of-the-passionate-best/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:23 +0000 Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12806 091026-jerusalem-fence-wallFor the next few days in Washington, D.C., 1,200 people are gathering in the name of a “pro-Israel, pro-peace” U.S. policy. Because of my broken leg, I can’t be physically there. But my mind and spirit and 40 years of…

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I’m writing to ask you to find another way ahead in…

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For many in the US, Halloween is a time to dress-up as a character from a movie, a politician, a witch, vampire, and… alien looking-like immigrants. According to a CNN report, “The ‘Illegal Alien Adult Costume,’ manufactured by Forum novelties,…

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