by Allyson McKinney Timm | Feb 28, 2020 | Book Review, Human Rights
A review of David P. Gushee, The Sacredness of Human Life: Why an Ancient Biblical Vision Is Key to the World’s Future (2013) When some Christians talk about the “sanctity of life” in the public square today, they almost exclusively use the term to protest abortion....
by Allyson McKinney Timm | Jan 24, 2020 | Human Rights
Support the Jabara-Heyer “No Hate” Act to Increase Accountability Khalid Jabara, a Lebanese-American whose family had fled Lebanon’s civil war and religious persecution, was shot and killed on his front porch in Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 12, 2016. The shooter, who...
by Allyson McKinney Timm | Dec 9, 2019 | Human Rights
Many of us are besieged right now with calls to embrace the joy of the season—to plan parties, buy gifts, don our most festive faces. The promise of time with family and friends sparks joy, indeed, as does the anticipation of Christmas, even as holiday expectations...
by Allyson McKinney Timm | Nov 22, 2019 | Human Rights
On the San Francisco Bay Area public transit system last spring, I saw a heavily armed police officer rouse a man who was sleeping peacefully on the seat in front of me, his humble load of well-worn belongings beside him. The officer forced him to get off at the next...
by Allyson McKinney Timm | Nov 14, 2019 | Book Review, Human Rights
A Review of John S. Nurser, For All Peoples and All Nations: The Ecumenical Church and Human Rights In For All Peoples and All Nations: The Ecumenical Church and Human Rights, John S. Nurser shows through historical study that faithful Christian engagement with global...
