2012

Online Exclusives: Christianity Without the Cross?

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The online exclusives below are freely accessible articles associated with Tikkun’s Fall 2012 special section on “Christianity Without the Cross?” — Click on the titles below to read these articles. In addition, don’t miss the print issue’s three subscriber-only articles on this topic, including Lawrence Swaim’s piece, “The Death of Christianity,” which started this lively debate: subscribe now to read them on the web (explore the table of contents) or order a single copy in the mail. A Call for Redemptive Rhetoric
by Mary Albert Darling

Legacies of the Cross and the Lynching Tree
by James Cone

Could the Christian Church Contend with a Living Jesus? by John Conger

Moving Beyond a Cross Fetish: The Empty Tomb and Creation Spirituality
by Matthew Fox

A New Symbol for Christianity
by Barbara Darling

Crucifixion and the Blues
by Lynice Pinkard

An Evolutionary Integral Understanding of the Cross
by Paul Smith

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Welcome, fans of Meira Warshauer! Tikkun recently published a review of Meira’s work that is only available to our subscribers. However, at Meira’s special request, we are making a PDF of the review available just to you. To download it, click here. Please honor our trust by refraining from sharing or posting this PDF elsewhere.

2012

Fall 2012 Table of Contents

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Chanda Jones

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Chanda Jones is the Operations Manager at Tikkun. She is non-profit professional with over ten years of experience in finance and operations management. The issues she is most passionate about are economic justice, environmental justice, human rights, and peace. Chanda has an MBA from Mills College, Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business and a BA in Women’s Studies from San Francisco State University. On a sunny day, you may find Chanda dancing salsa with friends at Lake Merritt.

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Ashley Bates

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Ashley is the assistant editor at Tikkun. She covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with an eye toward stories that expose injustices and inspire mutual understanding. She speaks colloquial Arabic and has reported from Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza for diverse publications, including Ha’aretz, The Nation, Jerusalem Post Magazine, Huffington Post, Palestine Note, and Mother Jones. She also worked for four years as Program Director at Hands of Peace, an interfaith dialogue camp for Israeli, Palestinian, and American teenagers. More information about Ashley and links to her published articles can be found on her website.

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Peter Gabel

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Peter Gabel is a law professor and a founder of the critical legal studies movement, a marriage and family therapist, author of The Bank Teller and Other Essays on the Politics of Meaning, editor-at-large of Tikkun, co-creator of the Noe Valley Farmers Market in San Francisco, bass player in The Central Park Zoo, partner of union organizer Lisa Jaicks, and father of Sam (14).

About Tikkun

Alana Yu-lan Price

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Alana Yu-lan Price is managing editor at Tikkun. She brings a love for stories and a deep commitment to feminism, anti-racist work, and progressive activism to her journalistic projects. Previously she edited articles from Inter Press Service — an international news wire service focused on sustainable development, global poverty, and human rights — for distribution to alternative weeklies in the United States. In her spare time she sings with the International Orange Chorale and works on collaborative art projects. She has an MSJ in political reporting from Northwestern University and a BA from Swarthmore College, where she specialized in postcolonial literature and gender studies.