Tisha M. Rajendra’s new book Migrants and Citizens offers an important intervention to recent attempts to articulate a just response to the global immigration crisis.
Articles tagged with politics
Fighting for Dignity in Undignified Times
My democratic hope is that no immigrant in this country should feel that his or her efforts are futile and future predetermined because of legal status.
Why Should the U.S. Have Paid Family Leave?
Honoring the image of God and the inherent dignity of all people requires honoring all families.
Children of God Living in a Groaning Creation
The increase in CO2 is having such a drastic effect on Earth, that Bill McKibben suggests that we should no longer call it Earth, but Eaarth—the additional “a” indicating a significant, though not fatal, change.
Is America Looking to Politics to Meet its Spiritual Needs?
One could argue that America’s decline in religious participation has paved the way for replacement, that in the place of God, a new idol of politics has emerged.
The Flag in the Corner
I have my own opinion on patriotism in the church until a woman who lost a son in Iraq shares hers, and it becomes obvious that any conversation about the flag in the church isn’t really about the flag in the church.