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Evangelicals and other Christians involved in international adoption and “orphan care” ministries have often evoked Paul’s use of adoption as a metaphor: God “adopts” us into the family of God, so we should adopt children as a manifestation of the gospel and even as a means of evangelism.
But in “All God’s Children,” writer Rebecca Randall explores the problems with this theology and past international adoption practices — and speaks with people who are building hopeful new approaches.
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* All God’s Children – Wrestling with the complicated legacy of Christians and international adoption.
* The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Now that we live in a world where “everything turns upon humanity,’’ the planet has entered a new geologic age—and that transforms everything about Christian ethics.
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* No Room at the Inn? Go Straight to Jail. – Churches beware: Big bucks are funding bad state-level homelessness policy.
* ‘They Call Us Resurrectionists’ – Why the Equal Rights Amendment is a Christian cause for justice.
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