Marcia Pally
Marcia Pally
Adam Smith: What he really said about economics
The so-called guru of greed was far more concerned about big business and its capture of government than about big government. Click here
Martin Luther King Jr articles–special Telos edition
check out the new Telos journal on Martin Luther King, featuring top-drawer articles by activists and scholars. Sensational compilation. For an overview, click here. To purchase a copy, click here.
Top 42 people have same wealth at 3.7 billion at the bottom
82% of the global wealth generated in 2017 went to the most wealthy 1%. Check out the global report, click here
Remarkable uplifting moments of 2017–it will surprise you
Check out these remarkable moments from Obama’s 2017 year-end overview. Click here
Republican Legislation vs. Laws People Want–disturbing
Is our Republican party serving us? Disturbing research on legislation people have supported since 1990 vs. the Republican platform. Click here
New tax bill on churches and charities-Interesting take
Check out this analysis of the new tax bill’s impact on churches and charities. Click here
The real path to a Roy Moore victory: Voter Suppression
Have a look at this piece analyzing bold voter suppression with great influence on our democracy. Click here
Discerning the Christian path–not the powers’
Have a look at Chuck Redfern’s thoughtful piece on Christians who follow the Christian path, not the powers. Click here
David Gushee and Marcia Pally in Conversation: Evangelicals and Republicanism
Here’s the new conversation with David Gushee, American Academy of Religion president and evangelical ethicist, and Marcia Pally, NYU professor and author of The New Evangelicals. Click here
When the rich said ‘no’ to getting richer
Check out this piece on when the rich understood the “common good” and contributed to it with taxes that left them well off but also greatly helped our public infrastructure and resources . Click here
Responding to Nazis: Make Fun of them
In the wake of Charlottesville, have a look at how Germans respond to Nazis: make fun, not war. Click here.
The poor and middle were doing better–now the very rich are
staggering, saddening charts on the growth of income inequality in the world’s richest nation. Click here
How to make friends across faiths…from across the faiths-you gotta see this
the videomakers went around the world to make this series of videos on friendship and combating prejudice across faiths; click here
A Tale of Two Covenants: populism–its history and present impact
this piece just out on populism–it’s history and traditions that are having such influence on the present. Click here
Macron v. Le Pen: Both Ineffectual Solutions of the Past
Here’s my piece on Emmanuel Macron’s win over Marine Le Pen in the May 2017 French presidential election. Macron’s approach yields Le Pen’s–and both are moribund. Click here
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New Release: Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality
America’s New Evangelicals
