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My First Night Serving at a Warming Center Highlighted an Inspiring Vision of Society

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I live in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, so we get some cold weather every now and then. A few years ago, we had a few extremely cold days, with temperatures remaining below freezing. At that time, some business owners I knew wanted to see about providing a warming center for unhoused individuals, but when they approached churches and other organizations in the … Read More My First Night Serving at a Warming Center Highlighted an Inspiring Vision of Society

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+ all the sinners bleed, christianity, mystery, religion, s.a. cosby, southern gothic

“The devil can quote the Good Book”: Religious Bigotry in S.A. Cosby’s “All the Sinner’s Bleed”

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A couple of years ago, I walked through the library looking for a book to read during the winter break. I kept seeing S.A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed, and as I passed it, I thought, “Now is the time to give it a read since I’ll be able to read during the break.” I devoured the book on the way to Louisiana to visit … Read More “The devil can quote the Good Book”: Religious Bigotry in S.A. Cosby’s “All the Sinner’s Bleed”

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+ christian fascism, christian nationalism, christianity, fascism, Gerald L K Smith, James Luther Adams, lillian e smith, religion, strange fruit

“Flashes of lightning to quicken our steps”: Lillian E. Smith and Christian Fascism

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I have been sitting on this essay for a couple of years. It is an essay that Emma Williams and I co-wrote in my Lillian E. Smith and Christian Nationalism course two years ago. During that class, we wrote “Christian Nationalism Hurts the Children It Clams to Protect” in Religion Dispatches, and this essay arose, partly, out of that article. Initially, we wanted to submit this essay … Read More “Flashes of lightning to quicken our steps”: Lillian E. Smith and Christian Fascism

+ christianity, diana butler bass, mewithoutyou, mineral, music, religion, stavesacre, worship

“Worship is an experience that transforms the heart”: Songs That Bring Me to Worship

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Over the past few years, my reading habits oscillate from fiction and graphic novels to history to religion and beyond. Sometimes I have a plan for what I want to read next, and sometimes a book just falls into my hands, as if out of nowhere. The latter is what happened recently when I picked up Diana Butler Bass’ Christianity for the Rest of Us: … Read More “Worship is an experience that transforms the heart”: Songs That Bring Me to Worship

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+ bible, christianity, jesus christ, paul, religion

What is Our Obligation to Others?

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No matter what, I always encounter ideas and behaviors that I can’t, for the life of me, wrap my head around. During college, chemistry was the discipline I just couldn’t understand, and my inability to grasp it led me to change my major, moving me towards education, a path I never thought I’d take. It’s one thing to have trouble understanding something like chemistry, … Read More What is Our Obligation to Others?

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