All Posts for July, 2011

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It's not the ceiling

Jul 29, 2011 by David Lewicki

It's not about the debt ceiling, right? I mean, we're talking about the debt ceiling, but it's not about the debt ceiling.

The issue beneath the issue is the proper relationship between government and wealth.

Century Blogs

Will civil disobedience get attention?

Jul 29, 2011 by John Dart

As political leaders fight about the federal budget and the debt ceiling, some religious leaders are certain that the poor are in peril from funding cuts. They've signed petitions, held vigils and sought audiences with legislators. One group took the next step yesterday to get attention--a sit-down protest in the Capitol rotunda.

Century Blogs

Friday digest

Jul 29, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

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Thursday digest

Jul 28, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today fromt the Century.

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The slightly Lutheran congresswoman

Jul 28, 2011 by David Heim

When reports started circulating that Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann was a member of a congregation in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, I thought: this could be interesting.

In the World

Fighting on multiple fronts

Jul 28, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

Sarah Posner is not impressed by the latest faith-based-coalition effort to prevent lawmakers in Washington from sacrificing the nation's poor on the altar of deficit hawkery.

In the World

"Read my lips: No more sermons"

Jul 27, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

Mary Brown took to HuffPost Religion recently to highlight a Lilly-funded study that asked laypeople what they want out of sermons. In short, it appears we want the following:

Century Blogs

Wednesday digest

Jul 27, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

On the Shelf

Sacred Violence

Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty

by Paul W. Kahn

The foundation of politics

Jul 26, 2011 by David Heim

Of all the books that might be read to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11, one of the most probing is by a law professor at Yale, Paul Kahn. In Sacred Violence, Kahn picks out two distinctive political problems of our post-9/11 world--terrorism and torture--and argues that they are parallel.

In the World

About Boehner's speech

Jul 26, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

In his combative response to President Obama's speech last night, House Speaker John Boehner offered an uncommonly crystalized rendition of an all too common bit of GOP nonsense.