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June 2023

Volume 140, Issue #6

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Features

Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance

Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.

by Marc Roscoe Loustau

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Deconstructed, reimagined faith

Five ways I see a new generation reorienting its Christianity

by Peter Choi

The duly elected Black men expelled from a state legislature—155 years ago

The expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson recalls the Original 33, expelled by Georgia’s anti-Reconstruction White majority in 1868.

by Dorothy Sanders Wells

Interviews

What should churches do about the treatment of “the Jews” in John?

“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”

Steve Thorngate interviews Amy-Jill Levine

The problem with artificial intelligence is us

As long as AI is trained on human behavior, it will tend to replicate our worst flaws.

by Jessica Mesman

Books

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A tech-savvy Christian sexual ethic

Kate Ott challenges us to practice erotically attuned love everywhere, even online.

by Virginia White

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The myth and reality of Jim Thorpe

David Maraniss’s biography of the legendary athlete highlights the contradiction in White America’s attitude toward Native people.

by Jeffrey Johnson

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The rapture and beyond

Daniel Hummel shows how deeply dispensationalism has shaped American religion.

by Keri Ladner

Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism

Is this how to be an anti-racist?

Jonathan Tran takes “identitarian anti-racism” to task.

by Jason Micheli

Departments

First Words

Welfare for the wealthy

Half of all business meal expenses are tax deductible. This puts SNAP cuts in helpful perspective.

by Peter W. Marty

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From the Editors

Secrets that must not be kept

Clergy-penitent privilege and mandatory reporting exist in complex tension. But child welfare has to come first.

Screen Time

Philomena Cunk’s 21st-century expertise

Like Drunk History and History of the World Part II, Cunk on Earth is very funny. But the larger joke is that fake news is winning.

by Kathryn Reklis

Lectionary

June 4, Trinity A (Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8)

Trusting in God’s transcendence means acknowledging God’s otherness.

by Ron Ruthruff

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