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The Pastor Problem ’08 Revisited
By
Paul Raushenbush
I don’t remember hearing the exact term before – but it is clear that the Pastor Problem is here to stay. There were three categories of pastor problems in the 08 elections. The most closely watched and problematic were the personal pastors of Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. Compliments of Barack Obama, the American voter…
Social Justice Challenges in the Years to Come
By
Paul Raushenbush
Our friends at Sojouners put together this great list of letters: “Obama’s Harmony of Intellect and Intuition,” by Bono, Lead singer of U2 and co-founder of The ONE Campaign. “A Prayer for a New President and a New America” by Shane Claiborne, A Red Letter Christian and a founding partner of The Simple Way community, a radical faith community…
Pastor in Chief
By
Paul Raushenbush
From Timothy Shriver over at OnFaith When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on January 20, he’ll not only become Commander in Chief. He’ll also become the first ever Pastor in Chief. We’ve never had a Pastor in Chief, but that’s because we’ve never had a faith moment like this before. Spiritual hunger is…
The People’s Counter-Coup
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Naomi Wolf
It’s easy to look at the events of Election Day and draw the wrong conclusion. It’s tempting to conclude that what happened after a long cruel and repressive eight years is that our democracy simply worked once again and proved to be self-correcting. Easy to breathe a sigh of relief and turn back to…
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