sexual assault
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“What About Rape?” Gender, Violence, and Policing
“They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, ‘Peace, peace’, when there is no peace.”[1] There has been a significant shift in the public conversation around policing in the last few weeks. Calls for dramatic reforms, defunding, and… Continue reading
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Sometimes in order to love people, you have to be against them
Christian Twitter has been all abuzz the past few days regarding the case of Andy Savage, the Memphis pastor recently forced to confront the sexual assault he committed as a youth pastor in 1998, after the victim Jules Woodson told… Continue reading
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Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: Sexual Assault, Abortion, and Hidden Suffering
In a radio interview this week, an Alabama pastor in a small suburb of Birmingham articulated for the interviewer his rationale for – reluctantly – voting for Roy Moore. While he would not try to convince others of his own… Continue reading
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Saint Augustine, Donald Trump, and the Possibility of Change
Since I just finished teaching Augustine’s Confessions in my God and the Human Experience course, I’d like to take the time to explain to those who might not be as familiar with the text why Rudy Giuliani may have chosen… Continue reading
