Monday, February 1, 2021

The Reverend Wm. Barber, Christian ally

David Remnick, Rev. William Barber (The New Yorker Radio Hour, 1/29/21); Wisdom Quarterly
Krishna, the Christ, and the Buddha (changingworld.com via Kittredge Cherry/Q Spirit)

Wm. Barber on the question of faith and politics
North Carolina Pastor William Barber spoke at the inaugural prayer service at the start of the Biden Administration. He wants politics to be guided by faith and morality. But he thinks conservatives are deeply confused about Christ’s teachings.

Then Paul Elie considers Biden as only the second Catholic president. Elie thinks that Catholics demoralized by decades of the Catholic Church’s child molestation, sodomy, rape, and sexual abuse scandals are welcoming Pres. Biden as a “moral authority” outside the religious hierarchy.

Plus, a critic has a conversation with slacker hipster singer songwriter Kurt Vile, and he does a live performance. More

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