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LATEST ARTICLES ( 628 )

• Ted Cruz Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

  Originally posted on Friends of Justice: I bet you didn’t know Ted Cruz was a criminal justice reformer, but it’s true. It rarely benefits his partisan agenda t... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ted Cruz Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

  I bet you didn’t know Ted Cruz was a criminal justice reformer, but it’s true.  It rarely benefits his partisan agenda to beat the reform drum, but in this essa... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Public Schools Are NOT a Godless Environment: Charles Johnson Tackles the Critic...

  

  Anyone shocked by the assault on public education this legislative session was delivered clear rationale for the attack by those closest to the one leading it,... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• David Simon on Baltimore, the War on Drugs and the Freddie Gray Saga

  

  If you want to understand what’s going on in Baltimore, David Simon is your man.  Simon worked on the crime beat in Baltimore in the 1980s and the relationship... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• One Nation Under God: Kevin Kruse Rethinks the Culture War

  

  By Alan BeanOne Nation Under God could change the way we think about civil religion in America. Forget about the 1970s, or even the 1950s, Kruse says, this stor... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• God Ain’t No John Burge

  

  By Alan BeanJon BurgeJon Burge (rhymes with ‘surge’) was hired by the Chicago Police Department in 1971, just three years after the police riot at the 1968... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Theo Shaw, Jena 6 Defendant, Wins Full-ride Law School Scholarship

  

  Originally posted on Friends of Justice: Theo Shaw during his college days By Alan Bean Almost five years have passed since I wrote a blog post called “Jena 6 t... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Theo Shaw, Jena 6 Defendant, Wins Full-ride Law School Scholarship

  

  Theo Shaw during his college daysBy Alan BeanAlmost five years have passed since I wrote a blog post called “Jena 6 to Law School”. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• When God Changes His Mind*

  

  By Alan BeanIt wouldn’t be the first time, you know.If Fox News wants to see what “fair and balanced” looks like they should check out National Public Radio. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Marriage of Christ and anti-Christ

  

  When Ted Cruz launched his presidential campaign at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University reaction on the left was predictable. Some suggested that Liberty student... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• With Conservative and Liberal Christianity in Disarray, Where Do We Turn?

  

  John Shuck is a Presbyterian pastor in good standing who doesn’t believe a single thing you learned in Sunday school.  In a recent Patheos post, Reverend Shuck... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why the American Church Can’t Talk About War (and Why That Needs to Change)

  

  By Alan Bean“The country thinks too rarely, and too highly, of the 1 percent under fire in our name.” James FallowsIf we hope to think more deeply and more... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• We Still Can’t Handle the Truth: Chris Kyle and the Religion of Empire

  

  By Alan BeanThe jury didn’t buy Eddie Ray Routh’s insanity defense and the legal experts weren’t surprised. To win at trial, Routh’s attorneys had to prove... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What the Prayer Breakfast Flap is Really About

  

  By Alan BeanPresident Obama’s comments at the annual prayer breakfast sparked a tsunami of protest from conservative politicians and opinion leaders, but it’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Kyle Or Kayla: Who’s Your Hero?

  

  By Alan BeanThere is Kayla Mueller’s America and there is Chris Kyle’s America and we can’t identify with both.  There is Kayla Mueller’s Christianity and... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Brian Williams is the Latest Victim of a Can-you-top-this Culture

  

  According to one survey, 80% of American viewers think Brian Williams should lose his anchor seat for repeating, and gradually enhancing, a self-aggrandizing wa... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fred Clark Picks a Fight with Mark Knoll Over the Origins of “America’s...

  

  Fred Clark has done an audacious thing. He has picked a fight with Mark Knoll, perhaps the most celebrated church historian in America. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• “The Twilight of the American Enlightenment”: George Marsden’s Recipe for Genuin...

  

  By Alan BeanGeorge Marsden is an evangelical Christian who is deeply troubled by the current state of American evangelicalism. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Pope Francis Sparks Outrage on the Left

  

  By Alan BeanPope Francis is catching flak for his unguarded commentary on the Charlie Hebdo massacre.  While insisting that violence in the name of religion is... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Prophetic Convergence: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. & The Southern...

  

  Guest Post by the Rev. Dr. Jeff HoodOn April 19, 1961, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a stirring sermon in a most unlikely place. Though not... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY