Category: Social Issues
Brown Like Her
Article first published as Brown Like Her on Blogcritics “More,” said my son as I listed as many “brown” people as I could think of. Grammy, Pappa, Aunties (including one adopt... Read More
Violence and Visibility: Let’s Find Another Way to Teach Religious Literacy
As a Wisconsinite, my heart broke this morning when I heard about the news of a domestic terror attack at a Sikh gurudwara in my home state. As a Christian woman, I was ashamed that this act was commi... Read More
Folly and Wonder: A Reflection on Summer Work
My neighbor says anything we plant in September takes hold. She’s lining pots of little grasses by her walk. I want to know the root goes deep on all that came before, you could lay a soaker hose ac... Read More
Humanizing Victims of Hate
I can’t stop thinking about hate. I have written a couple of pieces recently about Islamophobia, Sikhophobia, media profiling and hate-crimes, and both of them focus on the murder of Balbir Sing... Read More
If God is bigger than us, then so is “God’s image”
One source of controversy in modern religion concerns the amount of deference given to the discoveries of science. (Note to self: cross “write world’s most profound understatement in one sentence... Read More
The Politics of Movement
Last week Duke University President Richard Brodhead announced that Luke Powery of Princeton Theological Seminary will become the next Dean of Duke Chapel. Like many others who connect to Duke Chapel ... Read More
“Vikings Red with Blood and Dead: White Martyrs and the Conquest of the American Frontier” by David Krueger
Alexandria is a small town in western Minnesota that local residents affectionately refer to as the “Birthplace of America.” This claim is emblazoned on the shield of a twenty-eight-foot fibergl... Read More
Gay Friends and Waffle Fries: Thoughts on Having Both
Last week, Charlie Rogers, a lesbian woman in Nebraska was attacked in her home by three men. They stripped her, tied her up with zip ties, carved words such as “dyke” and other gay-slurs into he... Read More