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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
Religious groups used scare tactics, and a lot of money, to sway the vote on Prop. 8—so why are some of their leaders being welcomed at the “progressive” table?
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Religion Dispatches
“Asking” the banks how they “feel” may be politically shrewd, but it’s morally bankrupt.
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Religion Dispatches
Larry Summers can’t keep his eyes open for 30 frickin minutes while his President speaks of the need for the banks to play fair. Is there no more fitting symbol?
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