Join us at Unbound as we try something different — a rolling issue! Advocates from across the US and around the world will address a new theme each week and explore what they envision for the future of the church’s social witness. Check back every Monday and Thursday for new articles!
Contents:
Opening Editorial: Amos’ Plumbline; Whose Church? A Series on the Future of Social Witness, Chris Iosso
Week 1: Progressive Christianity – What’s the Point?
- Progressive Christianity – What’s the Point?, Adam Rao
- I Still Believe in the Church, Rachel Murr
- A Place Where It’s Easier to be Good, Fr. Shannon Kearns
Week 2: Advocacy for Women is Advocacy for Us All
- Advocacy for Women’s Concerns and Beyond, Joann H. Lee
- The Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns: A Prophetic Witness for Gender Justice, Courtney Hoekstra
- The Cost of Solidarity: Advocacy for Worker Justice, Sung Yeon Choi-Morrow
- Advocacy Across Borders, Rev. Lilia Maria Ramirez-Jimenez
Week 3: On the Journey to Eco-Justice
- Finding the Good News in the Ecological Crisis: An Immigrant’s Story, Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo
- (Nothing But) Flowers, The Talking Heads
- Food Sovereignty and Pachakuti: An Eco-Justice Perspective on the Food System, Alexandra Buck Toledo – En Espanol Aqui
- Restore the Ecosystem and Restore Health – Lyme Disease on an Organic Farm, Thomas Spaulding
Week 4: The Church’s Call to Social Justice
- A Social Justice Journey, Rev. Jessica Kast-Keat
- The Intersection of Faith and Justice, Rev. Kenita Ruth Harris
- Just Church (is not just church), Rev. Jim Kast-Keat
Week 5: Alternative Economics of Faith
- A Call to Build Alternative Economies in Normal Times, Jeremy John
- Does the Church Need to Build Alternative Economies?, Rev. Brian Merritt
- More for Me is More for You, Micah Bales
- The Road Out of the Wilderness, Andrew McLeod
Week 6: The Intersection of Faith & Racial Justice
Week 7: Are You a Guest or a Host?
- Make Yourself at Home, Lydia Kim
- The African Mzungo, Whitney Minor
- Imagine the Angels of Bread, Stephanie Quintana Martinez
- See the Face of God in the City, Glenn Balzer
Week 9: ‘Tek it to dem:’ Social Witness in Jamaica
- Introduction: To The Least of These…, Rev. Nicole Ashwood
- “Untold Stories,” Buju Banton (Song)
- The Fast that God has Chosen, Rev. Doreen Wynter
- Breaking Strongholds through Community Involvement, Marlow Thomas
- That All May have Life in Fullness, Rev. Sadekie Little-Forbes
Week 10: A New Paradigm for the Pro-Queer Faith Movement
- Waiting for Permission, Alex Patchin McNeill
- God Loves You…Really, Anonymous
- 10 Things the LGBTQ Community Can Teach the Church, Layton Williams
Closing Editorials:
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