By Liz Robbins — 2019
With her play and her talk, did the soccer star inspire us to redefine the meaning of sports? She tried.
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First-century Christians weren’t prepared for what a truly inclusive figure he was, and what was true then is still true today.
I speak as someone who has struggled with, and in some cases regretted, her decisions at the ballot box, and who recognizes that no single political party boasts a consistent pro-life ethic, just as no single political party embodies the teachings of Jesus or the values of his kingdom.
God is not a man. And while Jesus Christ was (and is) a man and invites us to call God the Father, that does not mean that God is male or that God is only masculine. Is just as theologically correct to use feminine imagery about God as it is to use masculine imagery.
Barber makes clear his belief that the role of Christians is to call for social justice and allow the “rejected stones” of American society—the poor, people of color, women, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, religious minorities—to lead the way.
Barber’s newsmaking actions were founded on the idea that being a person of faith means fighting for justice.
Op-Ed: His papacy has been a consistent rebuke to American culture-war Christianity in politics.