MininstryOfTruth Needs Help (NYC)
I just saw this tweet and received MinistryOfTruth's permission to post something: Been effectively homeless for over a month now. I have money to rent a room if only I could find a room I can afford—...
View ArticleRereading "Black Theology and Black Power" After Twenty Years
"How many of Cone's books have you read?"Ever since Jeremiah Wright posed that question to Sean Hannity eight years ago, I've been meaning to write a diary on James Cone, the premier figure of Black...
View ArticleJay Smooth preaches it - Sanders/BLM
Just leaving this here, because Jay Smooth is always a voice to hear.That is all.
View ArticleWays to Reduce Harm in a Shooting Event
I teach at a college. Given the unabated stream of shootings at schools and workplaces, I'm going to start including the five steps of "How to Survive a Mass Shooting" in my syllabi. I'm almost...
View ArticleStill disoriented
Slowly getting the hang of some things. For a while, I was too disoriented to even know how to identify what was disorienting me. Saw some comments in kos’s latest diary that helped me figure it out...
View ArticleAmplifying Some Progressive Muslims
Not being a Muslim, I have zero say in what counts as “true Islam.” Here, I’d just like to alert Daily Kos readers to some of the Muslim thinkers who advance liberal, modernist, or progressive...
View ArticleGay Imam Opens Online Islamic School to Foster LGBT Acceptance
Daayie Abdullah is the first openly gay imam in the United States. He's been profiled by Al Jazeera and The Daily Beast. Abdullah was raised as a Baptist in Detroit and converted to Islam while...
View ArticleShia Holiest Site a Place for Interfaith Affirmation
As Daesch continues its murderous rampage in the name of an exclusionary interpretation of Islam, another Iraqi Islamic institution is giving traction to an inclusive practice of religious cooperation....
View Article"It's not just 'be nice.'" Teaching MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
The bulk of my bread and butter student loan payments come from a class I teach at a Catholic women’s college, “Introduction to Christian Ethics.” One of the texts I teach regularly is Martin Luther...
View ArticleIt's only Monday, at lunch time, but I think everyone needs a beer.
Help yourself….Starting off with Leienkugel's Summer Shandy because I miss my college days in Chicago.My goodness, my Guinness, for those who like stouts.Whatever this is, it looks fun!The first time I...
View ArticleNew book on gay theology, by yours truly.
One biblical story that turns up often in LGBT work to change religious norms is the story of David and Jonathan from the books of Samuel. Part of a larger story of King David’s rise to power, the...
View ArticleLiberal Mosque Opens in Berlin
From ABC News:As of Friday, Germany has its first explicitly liberal mosque.Seyran Ates' vision of a liberal mosque where all Muslims can pray together — women and men, Sunni and Shiite, straight and...
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