Tony Campolo (deceased 11/19/2024) was Professor of Sociology at Eastern University and was formerly on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. For 40 years, he founded and led the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, an organization that created and supported programs serving needy communities in the Third World as well as in “at risk” neighborhoods across North America. More recently, Dr. Campolo provided leadership for the Red Letter Christians movement. He blogged regularly at his own website. Tony and his wife Peggy have two children and four grandchildren.
Contributions
- December 13, 2024: Dialogue on the Middle East, Part 3
- February 24, 2025: The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
- February 25, 2025: An Altar Call from Tony Campolo
- February 24, 2025: Tony Campolo on Red Letter Christianity
- April 22, 2025: “The Red and the Black”, an excerpt from “Pilgrim: a Theological Memoir”
- December 11, 2024: Dialogue on the Middle East, Part 1
- December 12, 2024: Dialogue on the Middle East, Part 2
- May 25, 2020: The Spiritual Danger of Donald Trump
- January 11, 2024: Dialogue on the Middle East, Part 3
- January 10, 2024: Dialogue on the Middle East, Part 2
- January 9, 2024: Dialogue on the Middle East, Part 1
- December 8, 2010: New York Magazine: God Loves Jay Bakker
- April 2, 2020: The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
- February 29, 2020: A Very Short Epistle to White Evangelicals
- December 26, 2019: Red Letter Christians Support CT’s Call for Impeachment & Removal
- May 25, 2019: What Red Letter Christians Can Do When Political Talk Becomes Difficult
- March 11, 2019: Are Red Letter Christians Politically Biased?
- February 20, 2019: Eleanor Roosevelt Could Have Been A Red Letter Christian
- December 7, 2018: Good News in a Difficult World
- November 16, 2018: Can America Be Great Again?
- October 3, 2018: Red Letter Christians Go to Court with Judge Wendell Griffen
- September 16, 2018: A Counter-Cultural Church Grows in Brooklyn
- August 16, 2018: How to Get Ready to Die
- June 30, 2018: Why God Is Not in Control
- June 6, 2018: A Confession of Faith & Love
- March 28, 2018: The Power & Legacy of Revivalism
- October 11, 2017: The God Who Transcends Inclusive Language
- September 13, 2017: History Through the Eyes of the Poor & Oppressed
- September 4, 2017: Red Letter Christians in These Troubling Times
- August 18, 2017: Siding with Jesus & Justice
- July 24, 2017: Why Evangelicals Voted for Donald Trump…and Continue to Support Him
- July 12, 2017: Repentance When Taking Bread & Wine
- June 7, 2017: A University for Red Letter Christians
- April 3, 2017: REVIEW: “A Theology of Race and Place”
- March 15, 2017: Jim Wallis For President
- February 27, 2017: Can A Juror Be Disqualified For Following Jesus?
- February 17, 2017: Red Letters Are For White Working Men Too
- January 30, 2017: To Our Critics: Jesus is Our Lens
- December 21, 2016: The “Danish Option”: Christians Prepare to Register as Muslims
- December 6, 2016: Jodina Hicks: Let the Little Children Come
- November 28, 2016: Beyond Evangelicalism: We Need a New Jesus Movement in America
- October 24, 2016: What Troubles Me Most: Decision 2016
- August 17, 2016: Donald Trump & the Left Behind Books
- August 9, 2016: A Nation In Need Of Healing
- January 22, 2015: Dear White Christians: Let's Talk About Our Fear
- July 26, 2016: Why I Support Hillary for President
- July 11, 2016: How Would Jesus Vote?
- June 27, 2016: Trump and His Evangelical Followers
- June 14, 2016: Donald Trump Was Right
- May 21, 2016: A Question for Donald Trump
- December 8, 2010: Was Jesus a Communist or a Capitalist?
- December 8, 2010: Shane Claiborne: What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?
- December 9, 2010: Red Letter Movement
- December 10, 2010: Out of All the Study Bibles. . .
- December 10, 2010: Global Warming? Yes or No Let's Cut Back on Fossil Fuels
- December 13, 2010: Eat, Pray, Run. . .
- December 14, 2010: Who Dreamed Up The Red Letters?
- December 14, 2010: FOCUS Conferences 2011: Answering the Call
- December 15, 2010: 'Tis the Season for Giving. . .Fairly!
- December 16, 2010: Let's BE the Love of Christ
- December 20, 2010: Wild Goose Festival!
- December 21, 2010: Stop "Prostituting" Needs
- December 22, 2010: Conspire Magazine
- December 24, 2010: Is Stephen Colbert a Red Letter Christian?
- December 25, 2010: Merry Christmas!
- December 27, 2010: Brian McLaren: What's Wrong With Our Message?
- December 29, 2010: New Plan for Israeli/Palestinian Peace?
- January 1, 2011: Never Ending New Years Questions
- January 3, 2011: Common Prayer for Communities
- January 5, 2011: Kent Annan: Poverty Tourism Can Make Us So Thankful
- January 6, 2011: First Facebook, Now Twitter, What's Next?
- January 6, 2011: Epiphany's Counter-cultural Breakthrough: From Wise Men to Prostitutes
- January 8, 2011: What's Wrong with Darwinism
- January 9, 2011: "If He Can Be A Christian, Anybody Can Be A Christian"
- January 10, 2011: Stuck at the Airport. . .
- January 11, 2011: Making Matters Worse in Haiti
- January 14, 2011: Christian Leaders Becoming Atheists
- January 15, 2011: Meeting Jesus in the Poor
- January 17, 2011: We All Love Him Now: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- January 19, 2011: Responding to Gandhi
- January 20, 2011: The Health Care Debate Once Again. . .
- January 23, 2011: That Car is Going to Hit Us!
- May 19, 2014: Scripture Wasn't Written for Men Alone
- January 27, 2011: VIDEO: It's Friday but Sunday's Coming
- January 28, 2011: Today's Matchup: Family vs. Judgment Day Preaching (It's a Toss Up)
- January 30, 2011: Why the Religious Right Will Dominate
- February 1, 2011: Being an Oxymoron
- February 2, 2011: Defending 'Red Letter Christians': Answers to the Most Common Critiques
- February 3, 2011: Commercialization of Ministry
- February 4, 2011: Can Civil Disobedience be Christian?
- February 7, 2011: Entrepreneurs for Biblical Justice
- February 8, 2011: Staying Alive to do Justice
- April 22, 2014: Embracing the 'Feminine Side' of God
- February 12, 2011: Leaving Auschwitz with Love
- February 14, 2011: Chocolate Lovers: Help Stop the Bloodshed in the Ivory Coast
- February 16, 2011: When Goodness and Evil Grow Together
- February 19, 2011: Should Churches Hire Youth or Elderly Care Pastors?
- February 22, 2011: Tired Exhausted Ministry
- February 23, 2011: National Debt as a Biblical Issue
- February 25, 2011: Destructive Donations?
- February 27, 2011: Deeper Meanings for Sabbath Keeping
- March 4, 2011: Growing Where We’re Planted
- March 6, 2011: The Myth of Busyness
- March 8, 2011: Compassion Towards the LGBT Community
- March 9, 2011: Caffeine, Workout Routines, and Sweets
- March 10, 2011: Choose Love Not Power
- March 13, 2011: Trusting God in a Consumerist Society
- March 16, 2011: Radiation Leaks, Creation Care, and Much Prayer
- March 17, 2011: Is Christianity a Casualty of War?
- March 20, 2011: The Perils of Well-Meaning But Short-Sighted Generosity
- March 23, 2011: Does it Pay to Pray for Healing?
- March 24, 2011: Stone Throwing at a Glass House
- March 25, 2011: "What a Saviour" vs. "What a Preacher"
- March 27, 2011: Remember the Widow
- March 29, 2011: Are Evangelicals Fixated on Homosexuality?
- March 31, 2011: Losing Faith: Life's Questions
- April 1, 2011: Why Christians Don't Like Jesus
- April 6, 2011: What Do You Mean by Sin?
- April 7, 2011: Lose Yourself
- April 10, 2011: Religionless Spirituality
- April 11, 2011: A Proposal for "Illegal Aliens"
- April 14, 2011: Jesus is My Koan
- April 16, 2011: Changing America and the World for the Common Good
- April 17, 2011: Ride the Donkey: Love Over Power
- April 22, 2011: It's Friday. . .But Sunday's Coming! (VIDEO)
- April 8, 2012: The Love in Resurrection
- April 28, 2011: Good for Goodness Sake. . .Not Conversions
- April 29, 2011: The Worship is Over but the Service is About to Begin
- May 1, 2011: When Good People Do Nothing
- May 12, 2011: Save the Date: The Return of Christ?
- May 15, 2011: A Real 'Senior' Prom
- May 17, 2011: Actualizing the Kingdom on Earth
- May 26, 2011: Betrayal on Capitol Hill
- May 28, 2011: Beer at Church?
- May 31, 2011: A Possible Compromise on the Gay Marriage Controversy
- June 2, 2011: Loving Muslims in a Fear-Filled World
- June 8, 2011: All in the Family
- June 20, 2011: Reconnecting Spiritual Practice, Evangelism, and Justice
- June 28, 2011: Baby Smiles and Life Truisms
- July 1, 2011: Is Diversity Becoming Destructive?
- July 6, 2011: Find Your Own Calcutta
- July 12, 2011: Increased Demons in the Middle East
- August 2, 2011: An Imaginary Law: the SBC Approach to Undocumented Immigrants
- October 2, 2011: My Disappointment in Obama and the Unbalanced Reporting of Fox News
- October 11, 2011: The Growing Impossibility of Interfaith Dialogue
- October 20, 2011: Hope for Despairing Christians In A World That is Getting Worse and Worse
- November 1, 2011: Are Evangelical Republicans Really Pro-Life?
- December 25, 2011: The Ecstasy of Spirituality on Christmas
- January 20, 2012: Reflections on the Arab Spring and the Persecution of Christians
- January 23, 2012: The Worship Wars
- January 26, 2012: Evangelicals Support Newt Gingrich
- March 19, 2012: An Opportunity for Justice: Israel and Palestine
- April 6, 2012: It’s Friday…But Sunday’s Comin’! (VIDEO)
- April 8, 2012: The Love in Resurrection
- April 28, 2012: I Try to be Non-Partisan
- July 17, 2012: Questionable Morality Amongst Pennsylvania Republicans
- October 11, 2012: Did Jesus Have a Wife?
- November 3, 2012: Committed to Unhappiness: Consumerism is the Enemy of the Church
- November 12, 2012: Red Letter Christianity vs. The Prosperity Theology
- November 20, 2012: Church of England Decision Day on Women Bishops
- January 7, 2013: God's Rope-A-Dope
- January 13, 2013: Is Evangelicalism Headed for a Split?
- January 15, 2013: Steve Chalke Drops the Bomb in Support of Committed, Faithful, Same-Sex Relationships
- January 22, 2013: BBC Interviews Steve Chalke and I regarding Steve coming out in favor of committed, same-sex relationships
- February 15, 2013: RLC Exclusive Film Premier on Creative Civil Disobedience
- February 18, 2013: When and How I Changed My Mind About Civil Disobedience
- February 21, 2013: The Trials, Challenges, and Triumphs of Pope Benedict
- July 23, 2013: My Response to the Closing of Exodus International
- November 6, 2013: Why 'Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin' Doesn't Work
- November 14, 2013: My Response to the Typhoon in the Philippines
- November 16, 2013: The Good News in Every Story (Book Review)
- January 6, 2014: Epiphany’s Counter-Cultural Breakthrough: From Wise Men to Prostitutes
- January 30, 2014: Reflections on Ron Sider's Newest Book, The Church on Killing
- February 13, 2014: Steve Chalke Raises Deep Questions to 'Restore Confidence in the Bible'
- March 4, 2014: My response to Uganda's Anti-Gay Law
- March 6, 2014: What Concerns me Most about Ukraine
- March 12, 2014: Happy Birthday Phyllis Tickle!
- March 31, 2014: One response to the troubles of World Vision
- April 18, 2014: It's Friday…but Sunday's Comin'
- April 22, 2014: Embracing the 'Feminine Side' of God
- May 6, 2014: Sociological Sources of Agnosticism
- May 16, 2014: Overcoming a Theology of Oppression
- May 19, 2014: Scripture Wasn't Written for Men Alone
- June 14, 2014: Should Churches Hire Youth Pastors?
- July 16, 2014: A Cure for Ministerial Burnout: Contemplative Prayer
- July 18, 2014: A Small Step Towards Peace in Israel-Palestine
- October 9, 2014: Undoing the Mess That America Made
- November 3, 2014: Happy Birthday, Haiti Partners!
- November 4, 2014: Election Day Dialog: How Are We Political?
- March 16, 2015: About My Humanist Son: The Challenge of Those Who Follow Jesus Without Belief
- March 31, 2015: Going the Jesus Way
- August 11, 2015: Shane Claiborne Heads the Red Letter Christians Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment
- August 20, 2015: Being A Troubled Non-Violent Resister
- August 31, 2015: Red Letter Christians Think the Pope is a Protestant
- September 17, 2015: RLC Connects with Feed the Children
- November 19, 2015: What to Do About Radical Islam
- December 7, 2015: 2015 Year-End Giving
- January 25, 2016: Trumpism and Evangelicals
- February 11, 2016: The Iroquois and the American Constitution
- March 9, 2016: Followers of Jesus, We Need a New Name