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When Worlds Collide: B.J. Smith Gets His Day in Court
B.J. SmithBy Alan BeanI have been following the case of B.J. Smith for well over a year now. His plight was brought to my attention by a member of Broadway... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Can American Democracy Survive the Madness?
By Alan BeanLast Tuesday night, David Dewhurst called for Barack Obama’s impeachment. Like most politicians on the right, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Tucson Activists Close Down Operation Streamline
By Alan BeanTucson immigration rights activists in Tucson successfully shut down Operation Streamline. It’s only in one courthouse in one community, but it is... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Expedited Indian Removal
By Alan BeanI have written a number of posts about Operation Streamline, a dreadful and dehumanizing process of “expedited removal” that unfolds daily, primaril... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
What Kind of Baptists Are We?
By Alan BeanIn the 1950s and 60s, the unofficial public theology of America was dominated by theologians associated with what we now call “the Protestant... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Mississippi Church Issues Apology for Racism
Two Mississippi pastors, Eric Hankins (left) and Andrew Robinson, have fostered healing between their churches in Oxford, a city that faced racial tumult... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
In Memoriam: Herman Wallace
Tory Pegram, Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to Free the Angola 3, reports that Herman Wallace died after spending three short days in the free world.... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
What Critics of Obamacare Don’t Get
There is an obvious answer to this piece by Chris Arnade: Don’t abuse drugs and the problem goes away. If that makes sense to you, read no further. Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
What’s All This About Conscious Capitalism?
By Alan Bean Have you heard of Conscious Capitalism yet? If not, you soon will. This article by Harvard student Lisa Hulsether describes the philosophy,... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Health Care, Jobs and Death Threats
By Alan BeanWhen I watch the government-shutdown-saga unfolding in slow-motion, I can’t get Father Gregory Boyle out of my mind. Read more
Posted on 01 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Judge Frees Herman Wallace from Prison
Herman Wallace, a man who spent the vast majority of his life in solitary confinement in Louisiana’s Angola prison, will die in the free world. Read more
Posted on 01 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Why Al Mohler Believes the World is 6000 Years Old
Alan BeanAl Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is a young earth creationist. That is, he believes the earth is 6,000 years old... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
When Silence Kills
By Alan Bean When John Kennedy was assassinated years ago, Dallas, Texas, was known as the most far-right city in America. In the wake of Kennedy’s killing,... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
White Preaching Prof, Black Students
Brent Younger was Sr. pastor of Broadway Baptist Church before he went to the McAfee School of Theology in the Atlanta area to teach preaching. Black... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis on Doubt and Uncertainty
By Alan BeanWe live in a post-denominational world. This does not mean the distinction between a Presbyterian and a Methodist, or between a Roman Catholic and ... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Congressman Rebuked by Evangelical Attorney for Shameful Town Hall Performance
Kent McKeeverBy Alan BeanI met Kent McKeever several months ago when I spoke at a worship service highlighting the need for immigration reform held at Calvary... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
More from Fred Clark on the Perils of Taking the Bible Literally
By Alan BeanWhen I introduced Fred Clark’s last post on the relation between American evangelical theology and opposition to the abolition and civil rights... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The Southern Roots of Biblical Literalism
By Alan BeanCarolyn DuPont’s Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1975 can’t be purchased in any format for unde... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Kennedy: If at First You Can’t Secede . . .
Micah HurdBud Kennedy sent me the link to this troubling column featuring Micah Hurd, an ex-Marine who thinks Texas ought to Secede from the Union and create a... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Good People Saying Good Things
Scott HensonToo busy to bloviate this morning; but here’s is the stuff I would be talking about if I had the time:Scott (Grits) Henson had a couple of terrific... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY