The tendency toward anti-learning to shield kids from hard truths about history—and potentially about themselves—is a road to a very dark place.
The tendency toward anti-learning to shield kids from hard truths about history—and potentially about themselves—is a road to a very dark place.
The justice seeker who becomes cynical finds him or herself seeing only evil so that even good results are hear to see and…
It attempts to critique and correct multiple strands of culture, academics, theology, and people in a single 200+ page book. It does not…
Regrettably, in a world of “eat the meat and spit out the bones,” Fault Lines is a veritable boneyard with hardly a ham…
If enslavers could force a reading of Mosaic laws onto 19th century, New Covenant cotton fields, then surely a Christian slave reading Paul’s…
Like justice, the SSJ&G treatment of social justice is weighed in the balances and found wanting.
This post should not be viewed as an attempted “take-down.” It is offered as a critique, hopefully to contribute to the ongoing conversation…
It is clear enough to most that we are starting at different places, yet few participants define the baseline terms often enough to…
Attempt a conversation these days on nearly anything related to justice (or social justice)—police brutality, mass incarceration, sexual assault, forced labor, human trafficking—and…
Shall we, against the core of scripture, choose the side of the oppressor? I pray not.
I’m Marty Duren, a freelance writer, content creator, podcaster, and publisher in Nashville, TN. I guess that makes me an entrepreneur-of-all-trades. Formerly a social media strategist at a larger publisher, comms director at a religious nonprofit, and a pastor, Marty Duren Freelance Writing is the new business iteration of a decade-long side-hustle.
I host the Uncommontary Podcast which publishes weekly. Guests range from academics to authors to theologians to activists on subjects related to history, current events, and the impact of evangelicalism on American life. My voice is deep-fried giving rise to being labeled “a country Batman.” Find Uncommontary in your favorite podcast app.
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