Category Archives: politics

Race is Religion in US Politics

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Tim McGee

I have a short essay on the issues of race and religion in the election (it was written the day before the election). Here’s an excerpt: Regardless of who wins the election, we’ve seen and will continue to experience how … Continue reading →

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Whose Circus? Which Democracy?

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Tim McGee

Stanley Hauerwas has recently said that elections are coercive, that we shouldn’t take them too seriously, and that they are more like the circus during the time of the Romans (entertainment and distraction for those kept out of the real … Continue reading →

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Defending Marriage, Saving Civilization, and Eradicating the Gay Threat: the road to hate speech

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Tim McGee

You might have seen the terrifying video of a NC pastor expressing his disgust of the LGBTQ community and his proposed solution to quarantine them behind an electric fence, drop some food over, and let them die out. You can … Continue reading →

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Trayvon Martin, Looking at the Scene of Violence

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Tim McGee

With George Zimmerman released, much of the attention on the trial surrounds Florida’s “stand your ground” law and determining who “instigated” the violence. Much of the case is seen to hinge on this question, for, so it is assumed, whoever … Continue reading →

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Amendment One and Reading the Bible as Outsiders

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Tim McGee

In NC, an amendment is on the ballot that will read to ban same-sex marriage, saying it is a constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be … Continue reading →

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Why Christians Hate The “Religion” They Invented

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Tim McGee

I wanted to avoid adding another commentary to the now ubiquitous “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus” video. But it keeps being posted and reposted, despite a fairly obvious objection to it: only Christians of a certain kind think … Continue reading →

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Occupy the Seminaries? (Quick Thoughts on Two Recent Articles)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Tim McGee

I have a few minutes before I need to get back to PhD applications. I’ve been more active on Twitter lately than here. However, I recently read two articles on OWS and seminaries and want to encourage people to read … Continue reading →

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“Still Here” a poem by L. Hughes, for #OWS

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Tim McGee

STILL HERE  I’ve been scarred and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, sun has baked me, Looks like between ’em They done tried to make me Stop laughin’, stop lovin’, stop livin’– But I don’t care! … Continue reading →

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The 99% or Main Street?

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Tim McGee

A quick thought before I continue reading through David Harvey’s The Condition of Postmodernity for this morning’s fun: The language of “the 99%” is a welcome relief to the previous talk of “Wall St.” v. “Main St,” or the even … Continue reading →

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Another Kind of Justice: thoughts on Brueggemann and OWS

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Tim McGee

The doing of justice is the prophetic invitation to do what needs to be done to enable the poor and the disadvantaged and the neglected to participate in the resources and wealth of the community. Walter Brueggemann I added the … Continue reading →

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