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In Tennessee, Is Redemption Only for the Powerful?

Justin Jones
December 21, 2019
Politics, Race, Theology
It's a strange infatuation, a theology almost, centered on the elevation of white supremacy.

Amazing Grace in the ‘Killing House’

William Paul Young
September 17, 2019
General, Practical Justice, Theology
You cannot sever justice from love.

Dear Gov. Lee: Pray with These Brothers in Christ on Death Row

Kevin Riggs
August 29, 2019
Politics, Practical Justice, Theology
Gov. Lee, please be like Jesus and pray with the men in Unit 2.

Washing the Blood Off Our Hands

Shane Claiborne
May 23, 2019
Church Life, Politics, Theology
We have a system that kills but that has no killers.

Will Grace Prevail as Tennessee Execution Looms?

Shane Claiborne
May 9, 2019
Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Theology
No one is above reproach. And no one is beyond redemption.

Christians Can’t Allow the Bible Belt to Be the ‘Death Belt’

Shane Claiborne
November 2, 2018
Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice, Theology
It makes me wonder if Christians have missed the whole point of the gospel.

Christians Are Why the Death Penalty Lives On

Shane Claiborne
August 7, 2018
Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice, Theology
The Bible Belt is the death belt in America.

An Open Letter to Tennessee (and Others in America’s Heartland Who May Be Listening In)

Eric Minton
February 24, 2015
Politics
Tennessee, perhaps you should rethink your state book proposal. Because the ancient text you’ve selected doesn’t have incredibly favorable things to say about government officials who leverage religion for personal, financial, and political gain.

It’s Time to Stop Killing: A Former Tennessee Prison Chaplain on Capital Punishment

Michael McRay
July 8, 2014
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JULY 8, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- I am firmly against capital punishment. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, where the state’s "death row...

It's a Sad Day in Tennessee: the Electric Chair is Back

Shane Claiborne
May 23, 2014
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MAY 23, 2014 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- As the national tide turns away from execution - on Thursday, Gov Bill Haslam signed a bill to bring...
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