As Francis heads to Brazil, is the new pope signaling a shift away from John Paul-era “conservative restoration” or is this simply a return to JP’s image-conscious conservative populism?
William Stell is the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Bordentown, NJ. He is an alumnus of Wheaton College (IL) and Princeton Theological Seminary. You can connect with him on Twitter: @wmstell.
Anthea Butler caught flack for arguing the Zimmerman verdict exposed that a god-complex tied to white supremacy remains powerfully at work within U.S. society. She’s right, but I propose that the only religious response is to be atheist.