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Fighting 21st Century Fascism

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

That Queasy Feeling? It's What Happens When You Realize Americans Are Voting with Their Viscera

Yes, the Bible Advises Us to Go with Our Gut - But Not This Way
Peter Laarman
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Religion Dispatches

From Organized Religion to Organizing Religion: Brian D. McLaren Wants Christians to Be Better

In his new book, Brian McLaren argues that it’s not possible to break open a socially regressive Christianity without confronting the bad theology that places a vindictive God at the center of the universe.
Peter Laarman
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Religion Dispatches

If Hillary Wins Big It Won't Be a Moral Victory—And That's a Crying Shame

The favored rich will certainly rest easy with her in office. The rest of us, I’m not so sure.
Peter Laarman
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