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Peter Laarman

Peter Laarman

Rev. Peter Laarman is a retired minister who formerly led Progressive Christians Uniting in Los Angeles.

Articles From This Author

Dark Side of Puritanism: Admitting the Reality of Religious Liberation
Science and Religion

Dark Side of Puritanism: Admitting the Reality of Religious Liberation

By Peter LaarmanAug 6, 2022
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Science and Religion

What Does the End of Roe Say About the Decline of Mainline Protestant Churches?

By Peter LaarmanMay 13, 2022
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Science and Religion

Pining for a Straighter Moral Backbone

By Peter LaarmanApr 15, 2022
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Science and Religion

Honoring Martin Luther King's More Challenging Dream

By Peter LaarmanApr 4, 2022
Christian Nationalism and Freedom
Racism

White Christian Nationalism: Not New But More Dangerous Than Ever

By Peter LaarmanFeb 13, 2022
Proselytizing Is Offensive
Science and Religion

Sure, Proselytizing Is Offensive

By Peter LaarmanFeb 2, 2022
Give Peace a Chance
Progressive Issues

Will Religion Finally Give Peace a Chance?

By Peter LaarmanDec 30, 2021
Religion Good for Our Democracy
Science and Religion

Is Religion Good for Our Democracy?

By Peter LaarmanOct 16, 2021
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Science and Religion

How Far Is White Supremacy Embedded in Christianity?

By Peter LaarmanJul 21, 2021
Flimsy Liberalism
Progressive Issues

"Whitemanism" and the Perils of a Flimsy Liberalism

By Peter LaarmanJun 8, 2021
Religion of American Innocence
Elections in the United States

How the Right's War on 'Critical Race Theory' Echos the Powerful Religion of American Innocence

By Peter LaarmanMay 5, 2021
Radical Martin Luther King
Racism

The Left's Challenge Today: The Radical Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Peter LaarmanMar 31, 2021
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Education Reform

False Faith in Meritocracy: Reckoning with Our Bad Old Normal

By Peter LaarmanFeb 18, 2021
Joe Biden vs the U.S. Left
Elections in the United States

Biden-Harris Inauguration: Reconsecration of Sacred Space

By Peter LaarmanJan 21, 2021
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Progressive Issues

A Modest Plea for Hope to End 2020

By Peter LaarmanDec 28, 2020
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Progressive Issues

The Dirty Secret Behind American ‘Giving’

By Peter LaarmanDec 3, 2020
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First Peoples

Why America's Whitewashed Thanksgiving Has to Go

By Peter LaarmanNov 26, 2020
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Racism

Americans in Droves Voted for More Racism

By Peter LaarmanNov 5, 2020
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Elections in the United States

Forever Stuck Being Ronnie's "Shining City on a Hill?"

By Peter LaarmanOct 31, 2020
Their Own Jesus
Elections in the United States

How Conservatives Dreamed Up Their Own Jesus

By Peter LaarmanOct 22, 2020
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Elections and Campaigns

And the Violent Bear It Away?

By Peter LaarmanSep 3, 2020
Vampire Capitalism
Economic Equality

Architects of Our Vampire Capitalism

By Peter LaarmanAug 25, 2020
Red Death
Racism

The Red Death: A Deadly Necropolitics Hits Home

By Peter LaarmanJul 23, 2020
Topple Citizens United
Law and the Justice System

Topple Citizens United Next

By Peter LaarmanJul 10, 2020
Economy Is Racism
Economic Equality

The Economy Is Racism

By Peter LaarmanJun 28, 2020
Racist Nation
Progressive Issues

Hope & Change in a Racist Nation

By Peter LaarmanJun 2, 2020
Get Back to Normal
Elections in the United States

Sentimental Clichés Like ‘Let's Get Back to Normal’ Just Cheapen the Discourse

By Peter LaarmanMay 13, 2020
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Science and Religion

“We Are Not the Country We Think We Are”

By Peter LaarmanApr 17, 2020
New Populism
Science and Religion

Covid-19 Is Concentrating Wealth Even Further

By Peter LaarmanApr 12, 2020
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Elections in the United States

Trump's Premature Easter-jication Means Death, Not Life

By Peter LaarmanMar 25, 2020
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Science and Religion

Scholars Upset With ‘1619 Project’ Must Abandon Vision of ‘America the Righteous’

By Peter LaarmanJan 3, 2020
Progressive Christian Arrogance
Science and Religion

Progressive Christian Arrogance Isn’t as Big a Threat as ‘Just Be Nice’

By Peter LaarmanOct 26, 2019
Religious Populism
Progressive Issues

Religious Populism Today?

By Peter LaarmanOct 13, 2019
BIDEN SOUL OF A NATION
Elections and Campaigns

Biden's Latest Approach to Black Voters Won't Work

By Peter LaarmanAug 23, 2019
Call Out White Supremacy
Racism

After More Mass Shootings It’s Time to Call Out White Supremacy in the Pews

By Peter LaarmanAug 6, 2019
Redemption
Racism

Keen to Demean: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Exposes White Supremacy in the "Redemption" of the South

By Peter LaarmanApr 12, 2019
You Who Are Rich
Science and Religion

Woe to You Who Are Rich!

By Peter LaarmanMar 30, 2019
White Protestantism
Science and Religion

With Trump, White Protestantism Hits Rock Bottom

By Peter LaarmanMar 2, 2019
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Los Angeles

L.A. Jail Vote: Wrong Side of History

By Peter LaarmanFeb 12, 2019
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Education Reform

Charter School Forces Can't Believe WE Don't Believe Their Bullshit

By Peter LaarmanJan 30, 2019
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Science and Religion

The Antichrist Trap: Trump Isn’t the Whole Story

By Peter LaarmanJan 16, 2019
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The Media

Benefit of the Doubt? The Shaky Ethics of Giving Prime Time to Trump’s Propaganda

By Peter LaarmanJan 9, 2019
White Supremacy and the Constitution
Racism

System Failure or System Design? White Supremacy and the Constitution

By Peter LaarmanJan 2, 2019
Criminalizing Mental Illness
Los Angeles

"Insane": Why Medicalizing Criminal Justice Is Not the Answer to Criminalizing Mental Illness

By Peter LaarmanDec 3, 2018
White Nationalist GOP
Science and Religion

No End in Sight: White Evangelicals Stick with Trump’s White Nationalist GOP

By Peter LaarmanNov 7, 2018
Christian Guilty Conscience
Science and Religion

The Christian Guilty Conscience Over the History of Anti-Semitism Isn’t Enough

By Peter LaarmanOct 30, 2018
Three Questions for Jeff Sessions
Elections in the United States

Three Questions for Jeff Sessions

By Peter LaarmanJun 18, 2018
Koinonia
Science and Religion

Calling Trump's Bee-Smitten Christians: You Think You Know What "Koinonia" Means?

By Peter LaarmanJun 4, 2018
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Science and Religion

Ryan Expels House Chaplain for Enjoying the Wrong Kind of Religious Freedom

By Peter LaarmanApr 28, 2018
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Science and Religion

A Locked and Loaded Covenant: The Religious Roots of America's Gun Culture

By Peter LaarmanMar 8, 2018