by Colin Harris | Jan 20, 2021 | Opinion
Georgia’s recent election of a prominent pastor to serve in the U.S. Senate has prompted some reflection on our time-honored and carefully maintained principle of the “separation of church and state.” The reported intention of Raphael Warnock to continue to serve as...
by Frederick Clarkson and Katy Joseph | Jan 15, 2021 | Opinion
The gulf between promise and practice of the highest aspirations of American democracy often remains wide. And those who would concentrate power in the hands of the few grow increasingly well organized. But it is up to us to carry forward the struggle for justice,...
by Rob Sellers | Jul 7, 2020 | Opinion
An amendment to the tax code was introduced by then Senator and Democratic Minority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954. This legislation prohibited nonprofit organizations from involvement in partisan politics at the risk of losing their tax-exempt status. When adopted...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 11, 2020 | Faith Freedom 2020, Opinion
Democracy teetered on the brink of collapse on June 1. Responding to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police a week earlier, thousands of citizens marched demanding justice. They declared that Black Lives Matter and advocated for a...
by Wm. Loyd Allen | Nov 22, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Nov. 27, 2002. At the time of publication, Allen was professor of church history and spiritual formation at the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology. This article was revised on Nov. 22, 2019, to remove a reference...
