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

When White Terrorism Goes Unpunished: Trump's Acquittal and the Persistence of Anti-Blackness

In the end Donald Trump didn’t have to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue. He went one better. He just proved that he can shoot democracy in the face and get away with it. Or as the Washington Post ‘s Dana…

Peter Laarman

Charlene Sinclair

February 15, 2021

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Religion Dispatches

Today's Inauguration Was a Reconsecration of Sacred Space

C’mon, admit it: you had the Kleenex handy while you watched the swearing-in of the 46th president with all of the attendant ruffles and flourishes. I certainly did. I doubt that any other…

Peter Laarman

January 20, 2021

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Religion Dispatches

Not Breathing Much Easier ... But Still Breathing: A Modest Plea For Hope to End 2020

Especially for people deemed “too political” (a label I’ve worn proudly for decades), this has been one Hell of a year. It’s the pandemic effect, obviously, but it’s more than that. While 2020 may be…

Peter Laarman

December 27, 2020

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