Peter Laarman

Peter Laarman is a United Church of Christ minister who served as senior minister of New York’s Judson Memorial Church and then as executive director of LA’s Progressive Christians Uniting before retiring in 2014. He remains deeply involved in national and regional social justice projects touching on race, class, and religion.

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Religion Dispatches

'We Are Not the Country We Think We Are'; A Crucial Point That Faith-Lite Leaders Too Often Miss

Caring and sharing: that’s the theme of 99% of the faith community response to the COVID-19 catastrophe, and who can fault this commitment to serve and heal and provide immediate relief? Here is an…

Peter Laarman

April 15, 2020

Apocalypticism

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COVID-19 is Concentrating Wealth Even Further; Can we Talk About the Surplus of Powerlessness in the Faith Community?

With the Sanders candidacy now over—and with thanks to the NYT’s Elizabeth Breunig for her finely wrought testament to Bernie’s integrity—it’s time to ask where social revolutionaries should look for…

Peter Laarman

April 10, 2020

covid-19

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Religion Dispatches

Trump's Potentially Deadly Easter Celebration Has His Daddy's Pastor's Magical Thinking Written All Over It

While most pandemic-aware Christian leaders have already canceled any public gathering for the Feast of the Resurrection (a.k.a. Easter) on April 12 (April 19 for Orthodox Christians) the President We…

Peter Laarman

March 26, 2020

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