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Christ Made Sin and Criminal Justice
by Victor Thasiah
Bodies are eloquent. They do, of course, literally speak out, communicating a range of experiences and perspectives; but they also "act out," with seemingly infinite communicative potential. Much body "talk," however, is unintentional, consisting of non-verbal action, expressed in one’s overall manner or way of doing things. |
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Revolution in Egypt |
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The Youth Revolution in Egypt and the Church’s Response?
by David D. Grafton
Anyone familiar with the United Nations Arab Human Development Reports published between 2002 and 2010 watched the events unfolding at Tahrir Square in the center of Cairo on January 25, 2011, and wondered, "What took them so long?" The AHDRs were major research projects undertaken by Arab social scientists under the auspices of the United Nations Development Programme.
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Feature Articles |
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Responses to Hearing the Cries: Faith and Criminal Justice
Journal of Lutheran Ethics presents responses to the recently released study Hearing the Cries: Faith and Criminal Justice, written by the ELCA Criminal Justice Task Force. The study is an invitation to join the ELCA's deliberation on a major social issue as this church develops a social statement on criminal justice for consideration and adoption at the 2013 Churchwide Assembly.
Lawrence R. Wohlrabe
Carol Fredrich
Mark Carlson
Paul R. Hinlicky
Amy Levad
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Hearing the Cries: Conversations with Luther and the USCCB
by Jonathan Rothchild
Hearing the Cries: Faith and Criminal Justice provides an important contribution to theological reflection on the current penal crisis. The ELCA Criminal Justice Task Force deserves considerable praise because their document is theologically robust, pastorally-driven, and instructive for Lutheran congregations as well as all persons concerned about the state of criminal justice in the United States.
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Book Reviews |
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Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell’s American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us and Adam Taylor’s Mobilizing Hope: Faith-Inspired Activism for a Post-Civil Rights Generation
by Robert D. Francis
In his 1990 classic, The Restructuring of American Religion, sociologist of religion Robert Wuthnow observed that a seismic restructuring occurred in American religion during the decades following World War II. In his estimation, denominational identities during that time were diminishing in salience, giving way to a realignment of American religion into conservative and liberal poles that often cross-cut denominations.
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Cloud of Witnesses |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe on the Christian Life
by Nancy Koester
June 14, 2011, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her first novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, converted thousands of readers to the anti-slavery cause. Stowe’s story ran as a serial in the anti-slavery paper National Era and then appeared as a book in 1852. It became the bestseller of the century, second only to the Bible. |