Kelly Douglas

1 month ago | christiancentury.org | Mac Loftin |Liz Charlotte Grant |Amy-Jill Levine |Kelly Douglas

“We must stop the violence in this country,” someone said to me recently. “I couldn’t agree with you more,” I replied. “This is a gospel imperative.” I could have added that if we are going to answer that imperative, we will have to recognize the multidimensional reality of violence as it exists in our country and across the globe. Peace studies pioneer Johan Galtung characterizes violence as an “insult to life.” Theologically, it is anything that harms or devalues the life God has granted us.

1 month ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Kelly Douglas |David Adams

KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says most startling is not the dismantling of government agencies that help others, but the public’s tolerance for these actions…United StatesRNSHow does an aspiring democracy – one that promises equality and justice for all – abandon these core values in a matter of weeks? How does a democracy founded on principles of freedom and respect for human dignity so quickly betray those very principles?